As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 The empty nut is the hardest WALES

      2 The bell is loud because it is empty POLAND

      3 An empty bag cannot stand upright ENGLAND

      4 An empty sack can’t stand, nor a dead cat walk IRELAND

      5 Beauty is an empty calabash CAMEROON

      6 Empty barns need no thatch ENGLAND

      7 A full cabin is better than an empty castle IRELAND

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

      9 The best neighbors are vacant lots USA

      10 It is better to be entirely without a book than to believe it entirely CHINA

      11 Someone without a friend is like the right hand without the left BELGIUM

      12 No land without stones, or meat without bones ENGLAND

      13 God, what things we see when we go out without a gun! SOUTH AFRICA

      14 One should not board a ship without an onion NETHERLANDS

      15 Life without literature is death LATIN

      16 Walls hear without warnings ENGLAND

      17 Why should someone without a head want a hat? CHILE

      18 Without fingers the hand would be a spoon SENEGAL

      19 A nation without a language is a nation without a heart WALES

      20 Those who go to sea without biscuits return without teeth FRANCE: CORSICA

      21 A sip at a time empties the cask NORWAY

      22 A well without a bucket is no good USA

      1 Life is just one damned thing after another USA

      2 A beautiful disorder is an effect of art FRANCE

      3 Those who place their ladder too steeply will easily fall backwards CZECH REPUBLIC

      4 A proverb places the words in one’s mouth SWITZERLAND

      5 The greatest love is mother-love; after that comes a dog’s love; and after that the love of a sweetheart POLAND

      6 If a string has one end, then it has another end CHINA

      7 Eve is nearer to us than Adam SERBIA

      8 Those who want the last drop out of the can get the lid on their nose NETHERLANDS

      9 That which goes last into the sack comes out first SWEDEN

      10 The game’s not over until the last man strikes out USA

      11 Those who laugh last laugh loudest ENGLAND

      12 It ain’t over till the fat lady sings USA

      13 The loom that’s awry is best handled patiently SCOTLAND

      14 What’s the good of a spoon after the meal is over? LATVIA

      15 When the date-crop is over, everyone mocks at the palm-tree ETHIOPIA

      16 Even a drill goes in from the tip KOREA

      17 When you eat a round cake, do you begin at the centre? NIGERIA

      18 You can only go halfway into the darkest forest; then you are coming out the other side CHINA

      19 Those who have to go ten miles must regard nine as only halfway GERMANY

      20 Those that begin the play must continue it TURKEY

      21 Don’t start economizing when you are down to your last dollar USA

      22 Don’t put the cart before the horse ENGLAND

      1 Birds of a feather flock together ENGLAND

      2 Call out a name in a crowd and somebody is sure to answer CHINA

      3 If you cross in a crowd, the crocodile won’t eat you MADAGASCAR

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

      5 It don’t need a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep USA

      6 A cask of wine works more miracles than a church full of saints ITALY

      7 A young doctor makes a full graveyard CHINA

      8 A full cabin is better than an empty castle IRELAND

      9 The sweeter the perfume, the uglier the flies which gather round the bottle CHINA

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

      11 A bull does not enjoy fame in two herds ZAMBIA

      12 Goats cannot live in a herd of leopards MALI

      13 If you get into the pack you need not bark, but wag your tail you must RUSSIA

      14 Hit one ring and the whole chain will resound SOUTH AFRICA

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