As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 The one on whose head we would break a coconut never stands still NIGERIA

      2 Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still CHINA

      3 Milk the cow that stands still ENGLAND

      4 You never know your luck till the wheel stops USA

      5 Still waters run deep ENGLAND

      6 In a calm sea everyone is a pilot ENGLAND

      7 Don’t get off the merry-go-round before it stops USA

      8 Don’t get on the streetcar before it stops CANADA

      1 Better go than send CHINA

      2 One only goes to look at the prickly pear-tree when it is bearing fruit MEXICO

      3 Better ask twice than go wrong once GERMANY

      4 Let those who do not know what war is go to war CHINA

      5 Before going to war say one prayer; before going to sea, two; before getting married, three POLAND

      6 Those who seek a constant friend go to the cemetery RUSSIA

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

      8 When a donkey is well off he goes dancing on ice CZECH REPUBLIC

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

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

      11 Where everyone goes, the grass never grows GERMANY

      12 Those who wait for a dead person’s shoes are in danger of going barefoot FRANCE

      13 Where they like you, do not go often SPAIN

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

      15 Signposts only show the road, they don’t go along it SWITZERLAND

      16 If you want to go fast, go the old road MYANMAR

      17 Don’t stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net CHINA

      18 Going slowly doesn’t stop one arriving GUINEA

      19 What goes up must come down ENGLAND

      20 Conversation is a ladder for a journey SRI LANKA

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

      22 If the swing goes forward it will go backward too SRI LANKA

      23 Garbage in, garbage out USA

      24 Every flood will have an ebb SCOTLAND

      25 One must draw back in order to leap further FRANCE

      26 Who plays at bowls must expect the ball returned NETHERLANDS

      27 God, what things we see when we go out without a gun! SOUTH AFRICA

      1 Promise is a bridge of words, unsafe to walk across GERMANY

      2 When walking through your neighbour’s melon-patch, don’t tie your shoe CHINA

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

      4 Walk as your shoes will let you SCOTLAND

      5 The more one walks the more hills one sees FINLAND

      6 You have to learn to crawl before you can walk ENGLAND

      7 Knock before crossing even a stone bridge KOREA

      8 Don’t cross a bridge until you come to it ENGLAND

      9 A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat ETHIOPIA

      10 Those who have to go ten miles must regard nine as only halfway GERMANY

      11 Those who go barefoot aren’t pinched by their shoes GERMANY

      12 Fools rush in where angels fear to tread ENGLAND

      13 Wider will the cow-dung be for trampling on it WALES

      14 When you have trodden on the cat, what help is it to stroke her back? SWITZERLAND

      1 It is not enough for people to know how to ride; they must know how to fall MEXICO

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

      3 Sickness comes riding on horseback and goes away on foot BELGIUM

      4 The toughest broncs is always them you’ve rode some other place USA

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

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

      7 A horse never goes straight up a hill USA

      1 It takes little effort to watch someone carry a load CHINA

      2 When a blind person carries the banner, woe to those who follow FRANCE

      3 Let every pedlar carry his own pack GERMANY

      4 A full cup must be carried СКАЧАТЬ