As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

Чтение книги онлайн.

      1 The reverse side has its reverse side JAPAN

      2 The sun shines on both sides of the hedge ENGLAND

      3 You can only go halfway into the darkest forest; then you are coming out the other side CHINA

      4 The water is the same on both sides of the boat FINLAND

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

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

      7 The other side of the road always looks cleanest ENGLAND

      8 A canoe is paddled on both sides NIGERIA

      9 The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence ENGLAND

      10 It is folly to put flour into a bag facing the wind GERMANY

      11 Practice with the left hand while the right hand is still there LIBERIA

      12 Someone without a friend is like the right hand without the left BELGIUM

      13 Don’t buy a left-hand monkey-wrench CANADA

      1 A chattering bird builds no nest CAMEROON

      2 One family builds the wall; two families enjoy it CHINA

      3 Communities begin by building their kitchen FRANCE

      4 To build, one must have two purses BELGIUM

      5 A house is not built on earth, but on a woman SERBIA

      6 Those who cannot build the dyke should hand over the land NETHERLANDS

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

      8 When the house is built the carpenter is forgotten INDIA

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

      10 If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building or do you change the nail? RWANDA AND BURUNDI

      11 Rome was not built in a day ENGLAND

      12 You may know a carpenter by his chips ENGLAND

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

      2 Dull scissors can’t cut straight USA

      3 There is a time to squint, and a time to look straight SCOTLAND

      4 Carrying-poles which bend easily do not break CHINA

      5 Those who know how to bend the fish-hook know how to straighten it TANZANIA

      6 Those who cannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people CZECH REPUBLIC

      7 A crooked log makes a good fire FRANCE

      8 How can there be a forest without a crooked tree? BULGARIA

      9 Think not because the cane is bent the sugar is crooked too MALAYSIA

      10 In crooked wood one recognizes the artist TOGO

      11 Crooked furrows grow straight grain CANADA

      12 One camel does not make fun of another camel’s hump GUINEA

      1 When you eat a round cake, do you begin at the centre? NIGERIA

      2 At a round table every seat is first GERMANY

      3 All that is round is not a cake LIBYA

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

      5 Grief and joy are a revolving wheel INDIA

      6 If my aunt had wheels, she might be an omnibus NETHERLANDS

      7 Any spoke will lead the ant to the hub USA

      8 The energy of the dung-beetle is put into rolling its ball of dung CHINA

      1 The protruding nail will be pounded down JAPAN

      2 Little crows have the largest beaks BELGIUM

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

      4 Every little bird has a long beak NAMIBIA

      5 Those who are not in the habit of riding forget the spurs IRELAND

      6 A low stump upsets the sledge FINLAND

      1 If it is your own lantern, do not poke holes in the paper CHINA

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

      3 Dig a well before you are thirsty CHINA

      4 The nail suffers as much as the hole NETHERLANDS

      5 God preserve us from pitch-forks, for they make three holes SWITZERLAND

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

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

      8 If СКАЧАТЬ