As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 If you can’t drive your car, park it USA

      2 A good driver turns in a small space FRANCE

      3 Don’t quit until the hearse comes round USA

      4 Never look an auto bargain under the hood USA

      5 Before God and the bus-conductor we are all equal GERMANY

      6 If you don’t have a ticket, you don’t ride USA

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

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

      9 Oats pull the cart out of the mud SERBIA

      10 Don’t put the cart before the horse ENGLAND

      11 It is easier to throw the load off the cart than to put it on CZECH REPUBLIC

      12 If all get into the palanquin, who will be the bearers? INDIA

      13 One broken rail will wreck a train USA

      14 Every train has a caboose USA

      15 Luck and bad luck are driving in the same sledge RUSSIA

      16 A low stump upsets the sledge FINLAND

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

      18 It is better to be once in the church sleigh than always in the back runners FINLAND

      19 Any spoke will lead the ant to the hub USA

      20 A greased cartwheel does not squeak ESTONIA

      21 The longer the spoke, the greater the tire USA

      22 The wheel that does the squeaking is the one that gets the grease USA

      23 Creaking wagons are long in passing NETHERLANDS

      24 A fifth wheel in the wagon hinders more than helps FRANCE

      25 The steam that blows the whistle never turns the wheel USA

      26 Gossip needs no carriage RUSSIA

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

      2 Better lose the anchor than the whole ship NETHERLANDS

      3 An anchored ship doesn’t carry much cargo USA

      4 Those who wish to learn to pray must go to sea ENGLAND

      5 Those who go to sea without biscuits return without teeth FRANCE: CORSICA

      6 Don’t quote your proverb until you bring your ship to port SCOTLAND

      7 We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails GERMANY

      8 It’s no wonder that the herring vessel smells of herring SCOTLAND

      9 In a calm sea everyone is a pilot ENGLAND

      10 One should not board a ship without an onion NETHERLANDS

      11 You cannot damage a wrecked ship ITALY

      12 Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’porth of tar ENGLAND

      1 If you cross in a crowd, the crocodile won’t eat you MADAGASCAR

      2 The hippo blocked up the ford, and no one could cross NIGERIA

      3 Don’t call the alligator a big-mouth till you have crossed the river BELIZE

      4 You cannot cross a river without getting wet SOUTH AFRICA

      5 The first in the boat has the choice of oars ENGLAND

      6 Row with the oars you have NETHERLANDS

      7 A boat does not go forward if everyone rows their own way KENYA

      8 Those who are carried down the stream need not row ENGLAND

      9 No matter how long a log floats on the river it will never be a crocodile MALI

      10 Do not put each foot on a different boat CHINA

      11 No one can paddle two canoes at the same time SOUTH AFRICA

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

      13 Those who own the boat should give it a name NORWAY

      14 The one who has taken the bear into the boat must cross over with him SWEDEN

      15 Although the river is broad there are times when boats collide CHINA

      16 On a slimy shore it is easy to push a canoe CAMEROON

      17 The paddle which you find in the canoe is the one that will take you across LIBERIA

      18 A canoe is paddled on both sides NIGERIA

      19 When a canoe capsizes, everyone gets wet MADAGASCAR

      20 Those who wait long at the ferry will get across some time SCOTLAND

      21 A worn-out boat still has three thousand nails in it CHINA

      22 The junk capsizes and the shark has its bellyful MALAYSIA

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