Czech proverbs

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Vylít vaničku i s dítětem. Show translation Pour out the tub with the baby. Do not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Koho se neštěstí chopilo, ten i nos utíraje, palec si vymkne. Show translation Whom misfortune hath seized, he wipeth his nose, and his thumb is sprained. Bread never falls but on its buttered side.
Chceš-li tajnou věc aneb pravdu vyzvěděti, blázen, dítě, opilý o tom umějí pověděti. Show translation If thou wilt know a secret thing, or the truth, a fool, a child, a drunkard, can tell it. Children and fools tell the truth.
Každý pták své hnízdo chválí. Show translation Every bird praises its nest. The bird loves her nest.
Když mezi husy kámen hodíš, ta křičí, která cítí. Show translation When you throw a stone between geese, the one that feels screams. He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.
Hora porodila myš. Show translation The mountain gave birth to a mouse. The mountains have brought forth a mouse.
Nikdo nemůže dvěma pánům sloužiti. Show translation No man can serve two masters. No man can serve two masters.
Dluh — zlý druh. Show translation Debt - the bad kind. He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Mnoho té země, z níž hrncové býti mohou, ale málo té, z níž zlato berou. Show translation Much of the earth they may be of, but little of that from which they take gold. Every reed will not make a Pipe.
Neplij v studánku, nevíš, kdy z ní zase píti budeš. Show translation Do not drink at the well, you do not know when you will drink from it again. Honour the tree that gives you shelter.
Lépe státi za svým snopem než za cizím mandelem. Show translation It is better to stand by your own sheaf than by someone else's almond.
Co v tichu vzešlo, zdárněji prospívá, hlučný počátek tichý konec mívá. Show translation That which is brought forth in silence prospers more abundantly, a noisy beginning has a quiet end. Slow and steady Wins the race.
Hrnec hrnci káže, oba černí jako saze. Show translation The pot is preaching to the pot, both black as soot. The kettle calls the pot black-brows.
Čemu kdo z mládí přivykne, to i v stáří k němu lípne. Show translation He who is accustomed to something in his youth, becomes better to it in his old age. Better children weep than old men.
Kdo má koně, snadno k němu sedlo najde. Show translation Whoever has a horse can easily find a saddle for it. Get thy spindle and thy distaff ready and God will send thee flax.
Když jdeš k vlku na hody, měj psa s sebou. Show translation When you go to the wolf's feast, have your dog with you.
Oheň a voda dobří jsou sluhové, ale zlí pánové. Show translation Fire and water are good servants, but evil masters. Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
Častá krůpěj i kámen prorazí. Show translation A frequent drop and a stone will break through. Constant dripping wears away the stone.
Starý kůň k hnoji, ač před tím sloužil k boji. Show translation An old horse to muck, though before it was used for fighting. When the tree is fallen, every one runs to it with his axe.
Kdo nepracují — těm maso, kdo pracují — těm hnáty. Show translation Those who do not work - the meat, those who work - the legs. One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.

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