As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 Rain does not fall only on one roof CAMEROON

      2 Better one living word than a hundred dead ones GERMANY

      3 A hat is not made for one shower ENGLAND

      4 Before going to war say one prayer; before going to sea, two; before getting married, three POLAND

      5 The spider does not weave its web for one fly SLOVENIA

      6 The sea is made bigger even by one drop RUSSIA

      7 One buffalo brings mud and all the herd are smeared with it MALAYSIA

      8 If one finger is gashed, all the fingers are covered with blood REPUBLIC OF CONGO

      9 A basket-maker who makes one basket makes a hundred BRAZIL

      10 It’s a poor mouse that has but one hole NETHERLANDS

      11 An elephant does not die from one broken rib KENYA

      12 Don’t tell all of your jokes on one program USA

      13 One bird in the dish is better than a hundred in the air GERMANY

      14 If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want a hundred years of prosperity, grow people CHINA

      15 Life is just one damned thing after another USA

      16 One accident is one too many CANADA

      17 One loose pebble can start a landslide USA

      18 One broken rail will wreck a train USA

      19 Don’t keep all your tongs in one fire CANADA

      20 Don’t put all your eggs in one basket ENGLAND

      21 There are more ways than one to kill a cat ENGLAND

      22 A cloth is not woven from a single thread CHINA

      23 One servant is a servant; two servants are half a servant; three servants are no servant at all POLAND

      24 It takes a whole village to raise one child NIGERIA

      25 One actor cannot make a play USA

      26 Where water has once flowed it will flow again MONTENEGRO

      27 Troubles never come singly ENGLAND

      1 When you have no companion, consult your walking-stick ALBANIA

      2 Misery loves company ENGLAND

      3 Two’s company; three’s a crowd ENGLAND

      4 When a blind person carries the banner, woe to those who follow FRANCE

      5 Where the needle goes the thread must follow POLAND

      6 Pull the ear, the head follows BANGLADESH

      7 When one sheep is over the dam, the rest will follow NETHERLANDS

      8 Every flood will have an ebb SCOTLAND

      9 Who has God for his friend has all the saints in his pocket ITALY

      10 The reverse side has its reverse side JAPAN

      11 Adam must have an Eve, to blame for his own faults GERMANY

      12 A misty morning may have a fine day ENGLAND

      13 A pessimist is a person who has lived with an optimist USA

      14 Follow the river and you will reach the sea FRANCE

      15 Beware of a person’s shadow and a bee’s sting MYANMAR

      16 Nobody can rest in their own shadow HUNGARY

      17 A shadow is a feeble thing but no sun can drive it away SWEDEN

      18 A road has no shadow SENEGAL

      19 Even a hair has a shadow CZECH REPUBLIC

      20 Two things make one either greater or smaller, praise and shadows GERMANY

      21 Every Sunday brings a week with it SCOTLAND

      22 The one who has taken the bear into the boat must cross over with him SWEDEN

      1 The one who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves CHINA

      2 It’s the tortoise that discounts the value of a pair of fast legs JAPAN2 GROUPS OF THREEA long-standing rhetorical tradition – found for example in the language of the Bible – presents warnings in groups of three. Proverbs often display the same rhetoric, beginning with an emphatic ‘Three things / kinds …’. They are not common in native English proverbs, but they are popular in some other parts of Europe, notably Germany.Three kinds of men fail to understand women – young men, old men, and middle-aged men.Three sorts of people are always to be found, soldiers, professors, and women.Occasionally, a fourth factor is introduced:Three glasses of wine drive away the evil spirits, but with the fourth they return.

      3 It is hard to swim between two stretches of bad water NETHERLANDS

      4 To build, one must have two purses BELGIUM

      5 It takes two blows to make a battle ENGLAND

      6 Go fishing for three days and dry the nets for two CHINA

      7 Every mile is two in winter ENGLAND

      8 There’s a puddle at every door, and before some doors there are two SCOTLAND

      9 Two happy days are seldom brothers BULGARIA

      10 If you try to sit on two chairs, you’ll sit on the floor USA

      11 ‘Virtue in the middle,’ said the devil as he sat between two lawyers NORWAY

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