As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 The hyena of your own country does not break your bones KENYA

      2 All countries are frontiers SOUTH AFRICA

      3 It is easy to lie about a far-off country ETHIOPIA

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

      5 It is a fine thing to die for one’s fatherland, but a still finer thing to live for it HUNGARY

      6 Fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts LATIN

      7 The skin creaks according to the country ETHIOPIA

      8 All the keys in the land do not hang from one girdle SCOTLAND

      1 Do not dwell in a city where a horse does not neigh nor a dog bark ENGLAND

      2 Courteous asking breaks even city walls UKRAINE

      3 You may read Pompeii in some people’s faces ITALY

      4 When in Rome do as the Romans do ENGLAND

      5 Those who wish to live at Rome must not quarrel with the pope FRANCE

      6 All roads lead to Rome ENGLAND

      7 Rome was not built in a day ENGLAND

      8 Not everyone can be the pope of Rome NETHERLANDS

      9 He who never leaves Paris will never be pope FRANCE

      10 The town that parleys is half surrendered FRANCE

      11 The moon moves slowly, but it gets across the town CÔTE D’IVOIRE

      12 The village that can be seen needs no signpost ALBANIA

      13 Don’t snap your fingers at the dogs before you are outside the village FRANCE

      14 It is not good to be the poet of a village GERMANY

      15 Obey the customs of the village you enter JAPAN

      16 Who goes around the village long enough will get either a dog-bite or a dinner SERBIA

      17 A village in sight does not require a guide TURKEY

      18 The medicine man is not esteemed in his own village KENYA

      19 It takes a whole village to raise one child NIGERIA

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

      21 The hindermost ox also reaches the kraal SOUTH AFRICA

      1 A little nest is warmer than a big nest IRELAND

      2 Empty barns need no thatch ENGLAND

      3 Ability and necessity dwell in the same cabin NETHERLANDS

      4 Every priest praises his convent PHILIPPINES

      5 Don’t praise a cottage in which you haven’t yet slept SOUTH AFRICA

      6 You cannot catch a tiger cub unless you enter the tiger’s den JAPAN

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

      8 It is the hyenas of the same den that hate one another KENYA

      9 A hundred men may make an encampment, but it needs a woman to make a home CHINA

      10 Draw the snake from its hole by someone else’s hand SPAIN

      11 A skunk smells its own hole first USA

      12 Beware of old streets and new inns GERMANY

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

      14 Never follow a beast into its lair SOUTH AFRICA

      15 Insects do not nest in a busy door-hinge CHINA

      16 Every cabin has its mosquito JAMAICA

      17 Two crocodiles don’t live in one pond GAMBIA

      18 An artist lives everywhere ENGLAND

      19 A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den CHINA

      20 Those who wish to live at Rome must not quarrel with the pope FRANCE

      21 Goats cannot live in a herd of leopards MALI

      22 All hillbillies don’t live in the hills CANADA

      23 A full cabin is better than an empty castle IRELAND

      24 A chattering bird builds no nest CAMEROON

      25 It is a cunning mouse which nests in the cat’s ear ENGLAND

      26 You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair CHINA

      27 A clever bird builds its nest with other birds’ feathers ZIMBABWE

      28 When rats infest the palace a lame cat is better than the swiftest horse CHINA

      29 You can’t make a cheap palace USA

      30 In one stable there may be a steed and an ass BELGIUM

      1 In every house there are always cobwebs SERBIA

      2 A word flies away like a sparrow and returns to the house like a crow GERMANY

      3 The clock must be the master in the house SWEDEN

      4 When the house is built the carpenter is forgotten INDIA

      5 A quarrel in a neighbouring house is refreshing INDIA

      6 Little houses have fat mice TANZANIA

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