As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 There’s a time and a place for everything ENGLAND

      2 There’s more room outside than inside CANADA

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

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

      5 The best neighbors are vacant lots USA

      6 A good driver turns in a small space FRANCE

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

      8 It is with its own face that the plate receives the soup NIGERIA

      9 Between two points one cannot draw more than one straight line DENMARK

      10 If you can’t drive your car, park it USA

      11 Do not put each foot on a different boat CHINA

      12 Precious ointments are put in small boxes FRANCE

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

      14 Lightning never strikes twice in the same place ENGLAND

      15 The quiet duck puts his foot on the unobservant worm CHINA

      16 Puttin’ feathers on a buzzard won’t make it no eagle USA

      17 Many speak a word which if it were a florin they would put back in their purse GERMANY

      18 It is easier to throw the load off the cart than to put it on CZECH REPUBLIC

      19 Don’t put all your goods in your shop window USA

      20 A gladiator only takes counsel in the arena LATIN

      1 Standing on top of one mountain, the other mountain is higher CHINA

      2 Someone who stands behind a wall can see nothing else JAPAN

      3 A lie stands upon one leg, but truth upon two ENGLAND

      4 It is easy to make pipes sitting amongst bulrushes CZECH REPUBLIC

      5 When two ride on one horse one must sit behind ENGLAND

      6 Who sits under a pear-tree will eat pears BULGARIA

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

      8 Who sits on the floor, is not afraid of a fall CZECH REPUBLIC

      9 Sparrows clean their beaks against the branch on which they sit ESTONIA

      10 A bird with a beautiful plumage doesn’t sit in the corner CAMEROON

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

      12 Those who have free seats at a play hiss first CHINA

      13 At a round table every seat is first GERMANY

      14 Don’t be breaking your shin on a stool that’s not in your way IRELAND

      15 Judge not the horse by his saddle CHINA

      16 Flies never alight on boiling pots UKRAINE

      17 If you would climb into the saddle don’t despise the stirrup GERMANY

      18 Those who lie on the ground have no place from which to fall LATIN

      19 When the bed is small lie in the centre SPAIN

      20 People are not trodden on unless they lie down first GERMANY

      1 A blind hen can sometimes find her corn FRANCE

      2 If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging USA

      3 A red-nosed man may not be a drinker, but he will find nobody to believe it CHINA

      4 You can’t find a thing except in the place it is IRELAND

      5 Three sorts of people are always to be found, soldiers, professors, and women GERMANY

      6 In the choicest vase are found the ugliest cracks CHINA

      7 The paddle which you find in the canoe is the one that will take you across LIBERIA

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

      9 Don’t hold the dime so near your eye that you can’t see the dollar USA

      1 Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense CHINA

      2 Who knows the language is at home everywhere NETHERLANDS

      3 Don’t shuck your corn till the hogs come home USA

      4 Chickens come home to roost ENGLAND

      5 Pilgrims seldom come home saints GERMANY

      6 Send your charity abroad wrapped in blankets ENGLAND

      7 If you haven’t much to do, start cleaning your own backyard USA

      8 Slowly but surely the excrement of foreign poets will come to your village MALI

      9 The crossroads always confuse the stranger NIGERIA

      10 There is no bridge without a place the other side of it WALES

      11 Go abroad and you’ll hear news of home ENGLAND

      12 The toughest broncs is always them you’ve rode some other place USA7 CHILDREN PLAY WITH PROVERBSProverbs become a part of children’s linguistic consciousness quite early in life. This is partly because of their frequency in everyday domestic conversation and partly because they are quite commonly mentioned in children’s story-books. As a result, children play with proverbs as they do with every other aspect of language.Teachers can rely on this experience to help develop their students’ linguistic awareness. One teacher gave a class of seven-year-olds a list of proverbs, left out the final word or phrase, and asked them to finish it off in their own way. Here are some of the results.As СКАЧАТЬ