Czech proverbs

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Pes na seně — sám ho nejí, a krávě nedá. Show translation A dog on hay - he won't eat it himself, and he won't give it to a cow. Like the gardener's dog, that neither eats cabbages himself, nor lets anybody else.
Malé děti, malá starost, velké děti, velká starost. Children when they are little make parents fools, when they are great they make them mad.
Kdo se psy líhá, s blechami vstává. Show translation He who makes love to dogs gets up with fleas. He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas.
Aspoň něco nežli nic. Show translation Something rather than nothing. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Kdo co neviděl, neumí to dobře malovati; kdo co nezkusil, neumí o tom povídati. Show translation He that hath not seen it cannot paint it well; he that hath not tried it cannot speak of it. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Po bouři bývá jasno a po jasnu mračno. Show translation After a storm it is usually clear and after a clearing it is cloudy. After a storm comes a calm.
Potmě každá kočka černá. Show translation Every cat is black in the dark. When candles are out, all cats are grey.
Kde se hospodaří, tam se dobře daří. Show translation Where there is farming, there is good farming. One eye of the master sees more than ten of the servants.
Laciné dvakrát placené. Show translation Cheap twice-paid. Cheap and nasty.
Chléb za břichem nechodí. Show translation Bread does not follow the belly. The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Když ti peníze chybí, každý tě nerad vidí. Show translation When you're short of money, everyone doesn't like to see you. An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles.
Kdo se chce kulhavému smáti, musí sám rovně státi. Show translation Whoever wants to laugh at a lame man must stand straight himself. The pot calls the kettle black.
Kolik hlav, tolik rozumu. Show translation So many heads, so many minds. So many men so many minds.
Co kdo rád mívá, o tom se mu i snívá. Show translation What one likes to have, one dreams about.
Dané slovo platí. Show translation A given word is valid. A bargain is a bargain.
Jablko nedaleko stromu padne; pakliť padne, rádo se zase špičkou obrátí. Show translation The apple falls near the tree; if it falls, it will gladly turn again with its tip. The apple never falls far from the tree.
Co jeden hloupý koupí, ani sto rozumných neprodá. Show translation What one fool buys, a hundred wise men cannot sell. A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred Wise men cannot pull out.
Pro hubu na hubu. Show translation For crying out loud. He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue.
Huba není chlév, nelze zavříti. Show translation A sponge is not a stable, it cannot be shut up. He who will stop every man's mouth must have a great deal of meal.
Kam strom ohýbáš, tam roste. Show translation Where you bend the tree, there it grows. Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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