As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 If he calls it a silly and childish game, that means his wife can beat him at it USA

      2 ’Tis a good word that can better a good silence NETHERLANDS

      3 Beyond black there is no colour IRAN

      4 There is always a boss above the boss NETHERLANDS

      5 Great minds think alike ENGLAND

      6 They are truly superior who can look upon a game of chess in silence CHINA

      7 Good painters need not give a name to their pictures; bad ones must POLAND

      8 If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em USA

      9 The more servants, the worse service NETHERLANDS

      10 Good things sell themselves; bad things have to be advertised ETHIOPIA

      11 Good is good, but better is better NETHERLANDS

      12 Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating ICELAND

      13 There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette FRANCE

      14 One bad pipe ruins the entire organ NETHERLANDS

      15 There are dregs in the best bottle of wine FRANCE

      16 Count not what is lost but what is left CHINA

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

      18 Pretty near ain’t quite USA

      19 One rotten egg spoils the whole pudding GERMANY

      20 One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel ENGLAND

      21 Rotten wood cannot be carved CHINA

      22 ‘If I rest, I rust’, says the key GERMANY

      23 The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago; the second-best time is now CHINA

      1 Those who mix themselves with the mud will be eaten by the swine NETHERLANDS

      2 If you get mixed with bran, you’ll soon be pecked by chickens LIBYA

      3 Tangled hair needs a wide comb SERBIA

      4 When the hands and the feet are bound, the tongue runs faster GERMANY

      5 Oil and water will not mix ENGLAND

      6 Drinking and thinking don’t mix USA

      7 An ox is bound with ropes and a person with words ITALY

      8 Slices of bread do not grow together ESTONIA

      9 The thinnest bread finds itself married to bread ALGERIA

      10 Straps come from the same leather ARGENTINA

      11 A gummed thing soon ungums JAPAN

      12 When walking through your neighbour’s melon-patch, don’t tie your shoe CHINA

      13 Too much tying loosens SYRIA

      14 The string of our sack of patience is generally tied with a slip knot JAPAN

      15 One hand can’t tie a bundle LIBERIA

      16 You cannot tie up another’s wound while your own is still bleeding ESTONIA

      17 Everyone buckles their belt their own way SCOTLAND

      18 One missing button strikes the eye more than one missing day ESTONIA

      19 Coupled sheep drown each other NETHERLANDS

      20 A feather does not stick without gum AFGHANISTAN

      21 Sweat makes good mortar GERMANY

      22 A stitch in time saves nine ENGLAND

      23 Kick an attorney downstairs and he’ll stick to you for life SCOTLAND

      24 There is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers ENGLAND

      25 The postage stamp’s usefulness lies in the ability to stick USA

      26 Let the cobbler stick to his last ENGLAND

      1 One link broken, the whole chain is broken GERMANY

      2 United we stand; divided we fall USA

      3 The tighter the string, the sooner it will break WALES

      4 The one on whose head we would break a coconut never stands still NIGERIA

      5 Courteous asking breaks even city walls UKRAINE

      6 Luck and glass soon break GERMANY

      7 When you give a child a nut, give it also something to break it with GEORGIA

      8 You do not know who is your friend or who is your enemy until the ice breaks ICELAND

      9 Fortune is glass; just when it is bright it is broken LATIN

      10 Carrying-poles which bend easily do not break CHINA

      11 Every plate that is made breaks AFGHANISTAN

      12 If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building or do you change the nail? RWANDA AND BURUNDI

      13 A broken glass can’t be hurt ENGLAND

      14 All’s lost that’s put in a broken dish SCOTLAND

      15 One broken rail will wreck a train USA

      16 Where the drum is burst is the place to mend it REPUBLIC OF CONGO

      17 A basket with its bottom burst is useless NIGERIA

      18 What is inflated too much will burst into fragments ETHIOPIA

      19 In the choicest vase are found the ugliest cracks CHINA

      20 If you pick the fluff from a blanket it comes to pieces INDIA

      21 Flies never visit an egg that has no crack CHINA

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