Czech proverbs

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V nouzi dá ti radu každý dobrý přítel, ale málokterý dá ti mouky pytel. Show translation Every good friend will give you advice in a time of need, but few will give you a bag of flour. We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.
Z nouze ctnost. Show translation Virtue out of necessity. To make a virtue of necessity.
Hlas lidu, hlas boží. The voice of the people, the voice of God. The voice of the people, the voice of God.
Jedna ruka netleská. Show translation One hand is not clapping. One is no number.
Hloupost a pýcha na jednom dřevě rostou. Show translation Stupidity and pride grow on the same tree. Ignorance is the mother of impudence.
Psi štěkají, ale karavana jde dál. Show translation The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on. The dogs bark but the caravan goes on.
Pro jedno kvítí slunce nesvítí. Show translation For one flower the sun does not shine. When one door shuts, another opens.
Nedráždi hada bosou nohou. Show translation Don't tease the snake with your bare feet. Let sleeping dogs lie.
Lehce nabyl, lehce pozbyl. Show translation Lightly gained, lightly lost. Come with the Wind, go with the water.
Nemusí pršet, jen když kape. Show translation It doesn't have to rain, just when it drips. Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
Na blbou otázku blbá odpověď. Show translation Dumb question, dumb answer. Like question, like answer.
Je to prašť jako uhoď. Show translation It's as bad as hell. Six of one and half a dozen of the other.
Nejen chlebem živ je člověk. Show translation Man does not live by bread alone. Man doth not live by bread only.
Není kouře bez ohně. Show translation There is no smoke without fire. There is no smoke without fire
Všechno chce svůj čas. Show translation Everything takes its time. There is a time for all things.
Devatero řemesel, desátá bída. Show translation Nine crafts, the tenth misery. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
Chybovat je lidské. Show translation To err is human. To err is human.
Jedním uchem tam, druhým ven. Show translation One ear in, one ear out. In at one ear and out at the other.
Když není kocour doma, myši mají pré. Show translation When the cat's not at home, the mice have a premium. A servant is known by his master's absence.
Komu čest, tomu čest. Show translation Honor to whom honor is due. If the Staff be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

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