For one that is missing there's no spoiling a wedding.
Dnem se léto neopozdí.
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Promises are like pie-crusts, made to be broken.
Kdo sliby živ, zbohatne-li, bude div.
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There are black sheep in every flock.
Černá ovce se vždycky najde.
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An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles.
Když ti peníze chybí, každý tě nerad vidí.
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Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself.
Není dobře vejce bláznu svěřiti.
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Borrowed garments never fit well.
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A man cannot give What he hasn't got.
Blaze tomu, kdo nic nemá.
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Jeerers must be content to taste of their own broth.
Pes psa jí, oba nešlechetní.
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When the pig has had a belly full, it upsets the trough.
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A diamond is valuable, though it lie on a dunghill.
Dobrý kůň i v maštali kupce najde.
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A great ship asks deep waters.
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They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat.
Mladí ležáci, staří žebráci.
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A cock is bold on his own dunghill.
Kohout na svém smetišti rád kokrhá a zpívá.
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He that has no money, needs no purse.
Čím více peněz, tím více starostí.
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Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heir.
Za dobrotu na žebrotu.
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The camel going to seek horns, lost his ears.
Kdo za cizí vlnou odchází, sám ostřižen domů přichází.
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An unfortunate man would be drowned in a tea-cup.
Neštěstí nechodí po horách, ale po lidech.
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Hawks will not pick out hawks' eyes.
Vrána vráně oči nevyklove.
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He that promises too much, means nothing.
Sliby chyby.
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An old ox makes a straight furrow.
Drž se starých rady, nedojdeš brzo vady.
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