As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 Even deep water-holes may get dry SOUTH AFRICA

      2 Only those who have travelled the road know where the holes are deep CHINA

      3 Still waters run deep ENGLAND

      4 When you want to test the depth of a stream, don’t use both feet CHINA

      5 Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet NAMIBIA

      6 The water is shallowest where it babbles WALES

      7 The dragon in shallow water becomes the butt of shrimps CHINA

      8 Thin ice and thick ice look the same from a distance USA

      9 People carrying elephant’s flesh on their head should not look for crickets underground NIGERIA

      10 Every flood will have an ebb SCOTLAND

      1 There is no hill without a slope WALES

      2 The more one walks the more hills one sees FINLAND

      3 There must be a valley between two hills GERMANY

      4 A horse never goes straight up a hill USA

      5 Anyone may laugh on a hillside SCOTLAND

      6 All hillbillies don’t live in the hills CANADA

      7 The highest hill is usually covered with clouds SCOTLAND

      8 Those who think they are building a mound may only in reality be digging a pit CHINA

      9 Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating ICELAND

      10 To fill a ditch a mound must come down ARMENIA

      11 If you don’t scale the mountain, you can’t see the plain CHINA

      12 Mountains cannot meet, people can BULGARIA

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

      14 Even if you cannot climb the mountain do not remain in the valley GERMANY

      15 There are many paths to the top of the mountain – but the view is always the same CHINA

      16 The boat of affection ascends even mountains BANGLADESH

      17 Rein in the horse at the edge of the cliff CHINA

      18 It is no use trying to tug the glacier backwards CHINA

      1 In rivers and bad government, the lightest things swim at the top USA

      2 There are many paths to the top of the mountain – but the view is always the same CHINA

      3 When the going is rough, big potatoes come to the top USA

      4 At the bottom of the bag one finds the bill NETHERLANDS

      5 A basket with its bottom burst is useless NIGERIA

      6 Even the bottom of a basket finds something to hold MADAGASCAR

      7 One pebble doesn’t make a floor NIGERIA

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

      9 At the foot of the lighthouse it is dark JAPAN

      1 Everything has two handles GREECE

      2 From the midst of the wood the hatchet gets its handle GERMANY

      3 The basket that has two handles can be carried by two EGYPT

      4 A handleless axe does not scare the forest BULGARIA

      5 You cannot hold two water melons in one hand IRAN

      6 A small bed will not hold two persons NIGERIA

      7 A needle cannot hold two threads or a mind two thoughts ETHIOPIA

      8 Whoever holds the ladder is as bad as the thief GERMANY

      9 When you pick up a stick at one end, you also pick up the other end USA

      10 When you have no companion, consult your walking-stick ALBANIA

      1 Failures are the pillars of success WALES

      2 The eyes close in sleep, but the pillow remains awake MALAYSIA

      3 It is not common for hens to have pillows SCOTLAND

      4 The rod that will hang him is still growing IRELAND

      5 All the keys in the land СКАЧАТЬ