As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 When the cat’s not home, the mice jump on the table NETHERLANDS

      2 You can’t eat a square meal off a round table USA

      3 At a round table every seat is first GERMANY

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

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

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

      7 One sits best on one’s own bench NORWAY

      8 A good buttock finds a bench for itself ESTONIA

      1 An empty bag cannot stand upright ENGLAND

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

      3 One never falls but on the side towards which one leans FRANCE

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

      5 A low stump upsets the sledge FINLAND

      6 On a level road a small stone upsets the cartload ESTONIA

      7 There’s no such thing as a horse that can’t be rode or a cowboy that can’t be throwed USA

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

      2 A gardener’s flirtations take place outside the garden AFGHANISTAN

      3 The candle is put into the lantern and the moth is left outside fluttering IRAN

      4 There’s more room outside than inside CANADA

      5 The shell is needed till the bird is hatched RUSSIA

      6 Do not fill your basket with useless shells of coconuts KENYA

      7 The beauty of the corn cob is apparent on the inside only KENYA

      8 When hunger gets inside you, nothing else can NIGERIA

      9 The sun cannot shine into an inverted bowl CHINA

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

      11 A frog beneath a coconut shell believes there is no other world MALAYSIA

      12 There’s more room outside than inside CANADA

      1 The highest hill is usually covered with clouds SCOTLAND

      2 Every cloud has a silver lining ENGLAND

      3 If one finger is gashed, all the fingers are covered with blood REPUBLIC OF CONGO

      4 If you go to the wedding you cover up the sledge ESTONIA

      5 The one who was surprised by a turtle is surprised by a pot cover KOREA

      6 One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade CHINA

      7 Big tree but no shade PHILIPPINES

      8 The woman who sells fans often shades her eyes with her hands CHINA

      9 Send your charity abroad wrapped in blankets ENGLAND

      10 That which is said at table should be wrapped up in the tablecloth ITALY

      11 Paper can’t wrap up a fire CHINA

      1 Even a silk shirt only clothes a naked body GERMANY

      2 Those whose mother is naked are not likely to clothe their aunt SUDAN

      3 New clothes have no lice NAMIBIA

      4 Dress slowly when you are in a hurry FRANCE

      5 Those who have two garments do not wear one only ZANZIBAR

      6 Only God helps the ill-dressed SPAIN

      7 People sell their rags in their own market EGYPT

      8 The more naked the jackal the larger the tail SOUTH AFRICA

      9 Clothes put on while running come off while running ETHIOPIA

      1 You must go behind the door to mend old breeches ENGLAND

      2 A protector is like a cloak HAITI

      3 The borrowed cloak never warms SYRIA

      4 Hunger doesn’t say, ‘Stale bread,’ and cold doesn’t say ‘Old coat.’ GEORGIA

      5 When someone’s coat is threadbare, it is easy to pick a hole in it ENGLAND

      6 Cut your coat according to your cloth ENGLAND

      7 One spot spots the whole dress BELGIUM

      8 The forest is the poor person’s fur-coat ESTONIA

      9 A padded jacket is an acceptable gift, even in summer JAPAN

      10 Raindrops can’t tell broadcloth from jeans USA

      11 A cat with mittens won’t catch mice SCOTLAND

      12 Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve CHINA

      13 Habit is a shirt that we wear till death RUSSIA

      14 Even a silk shirt only clothes a naked body GERMANY

      15 Never trust a fellow that wears a suit USA

      16 You can’t catch trout with dry trousers USA

      17 Money cries in one’s pocket ESTONIA

      18 Who has God for his friend has all the saints in his pocket ITALY

      19 A shroud has no pockets SCOTLAND

      20 Those who have an egg in their pocket do not dance GABON

      21 Everyone buckles their belt their own way SCOTLAND

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

      23 The wife of the amber-turner wears pearls of glass IRAN

      1 The boot must put up with the dirt GERMANY

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