Czech proverbs

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Řeč se mluví a voda teče. Show translation Speech is spoken and water flows. Hard words break no bones.
Neví žádný, kde ho střevíc hněte, než ten, kdo v něm chodí. Show translation No one knows where his shoe kneads him, but he who walks in it. I know best where the shoe wrings me.
Nemoc na koni přijíždí, a pěšky odchází. Show translation Sickness arrives on horseback, and departs on foot. Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
Peníze nesmrdí. Show translation Money doesn't stink. Money has no smell.
Oslu když se dobře vede, jde na led tancovat. Show translation When Oslo is doing well, he goes dancing on the ice. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Řekni mi, s kým se stýkáš, a já ti řeknu, jaký jsi. Show translation Tell me who you hang out with, and I'll tell you what you're like. A man is known by his friends.
I stěny mají uši. Show translation Even the walls have ears. Walls have ears.
Nedělej z komára velblouda. Show translation Don't make a gnat into a camel. To make a mountain out of a molehill.
Když hospodský na křídu dává, tu mnohý skáče, ale maje platiti, ošívá se a pláče. Show translation When the innkeeper puts on the chalk, many jump, but when he has to pay, he gets mad and cries. Sweet appears sour when we pay.
Každá růže má své trny. Show translation Every rose has its thorns. There is no rose without a thorn.
Ne ten milý, kdo krásný, ale ten krásný, kdo milý. Show translation Not the nice one who is beautiful, but the beautiful one who is nice. Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.
Drž se nové cesty a starého přítele. Show translation Stick to the new path and the old friend. Old friends are better than new ones.
Podvod a klam zradí se sám. Show translation Deceit and deception will betray itself. The biter bit.
Prázdný sud nejvíce duní. Show translation The empty barrel rumbles the most. Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
Koho kaše spálila, ten i na podmáslí fouká. Show translation Whom the porridge burns, he blows on buttermilk.
Malé ryby taky ryby. Show translation Small fish fish too. All is fish that comes to the net.
Host první den zlato, druhý den stříbro, a třetí měď: honem domů jeď. Show translation The guest on the first day gold, the second day silver, and the third day copper: hurry home. A constant guest is never welcome.
Škoda krásy, kde rozumu není. Show translation Pity beauty where reason is not. Fair and foolish, black and proud, long and lazy, little and loud.
Orel much nelapá. Show translation Eagles don't catch flies. Eagles catch no flies.
Ne vše krása, co se líčí; ne vše pravda, co se pěkně mluví. Show translation Not all beauty is what is portrayed; not all truth is what is well spoken. All are not hunters that blow the horn.

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