As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 No one can call again yesterday ENGLAND

      2 No one thinks of the snow that fell last year SWEDEN

      3 It is in vain to look for yesterday’s fish in the house of the otter INDIA

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

      5 A dog last year is a dog this year SERBIA

      6 There’s no time like the present ENGLAND

      7 Water will run where it ran before BULGARIA

      8 Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow USA

      9 For the diligent, a week has seven days; for the slothful, seven tomorrows GERMANY

      10 If you want to be acquainted with the past and the present, you must read five cartloads of books CHINA

      11 Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today ENGLAND

      12 Here today and gone tomorrow ENGLAND

      13 Speak, lest tomorrow you be prevented KENYA

      14 Tomorrow blows the wind of tomorrow JAPAN

      15 Tomorrow never comes ENGLAND

      16 Today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday USA

      1 A whitewashed crow soon shows black again CHINA

      2 Short hair is soon brushed GERMANY

      3 Longest at the fire soonest finds cold SCOTLAND

      4 They that think no ill are soonest beguiled ENGLAND

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

      6 Nothing dries sooner than a tear LATIN

      7 Little kettles soon boil over ESTONIA

      8 Honest men marry soon; wise men never ENGLAND

      9 Luck and glass soon break GERMANY

      10 The fuller the cup, the sooner the spill CHINA

      11 A gummed thing soon ungums JAPAN

      12 A fool and his money are soon parted ENGLAND

      13 Punctuality is the politeness of princes FRANCE

      14 If you wish to be angry, pay for something in advance MONTENEGRO

      15 That which is to become a good nettle must sting early SWEDEN

      16 Least said, soonest mended ENGLAND

      17 Clumsy birds need early flight CHINA

      18 If your neighbour is an early riser, you will become one ALBANIA

      19 It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins CHINA

      20 The early bird catches the worm ENGLAND

      21 Strawberries ripen sooner in a low wood than in a high one ESTONIA

      22 Sooner begun, sooner done ENGLAND

      23 It cannot be later than midnight MYANMAR

      24 The later in the evening, the nicer the people NETHERLANDS

      25 Those who are in a hurry are always late GEORGIA

      26 Those who come too late find the platter turned over NETHERLANDS

      27 Better late than never ENGLAND

      1 New brooms sweep clean ENGLAND

      2 A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows the corners IRELAND

      3 Even in the freshest of milk you will still find hairs MALI

      4 Necessity teaches new arts NORWAY

      5 A debt is always new ESTONIA

      6 Beware of old streets and new inns GERMANY

      7 To read a book for the first time is to make the acquaintance of a new friend; to read it a second time is to meet an old one CHINA

      8 An old story does not open the ear as a new one does NIGERIA

      9 New clothes have no lice NAMIBIA

      10 Out of old fields come new grain USA

      11 You can’t teach an old dog new tricks ENGLAND

      12 Only with a new ruler do you appreciate the value of the old MYANMAR

      13 New lords, new laws FRANCE

      14 New laws, new frauds ENGLAND

      15 New officials introduce strict measures CHINA

      16 There is always something to be cut off young trees if they are to grow well GERMANY

      17 Better keep under an old hedge than creep under a new furze-bush ENGLAND

      1 Old purses shut badly NETHERLANDS

      2 Everything ancient is to be respected GREECE

      3 Custom is rust that mocks at every file BOHEMIA

      4 Once is no custom NETHERLANDS

      5 An old story does not open the ear as a new one does NIGERIA

      6 When an old barn begins to burn, it is hard to put out NETHERLANDS

      7 Old countries don’t disappear overnight; they stay for breakfast EGYPT

      8 Old droppings don’t stink KENYA

      9 Out of old fields come new grain USA

      10 The older the buck, the harder his horn SCOTLAND

      11 The older the ginger, the more it bites CHINA

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