Czech proverbs

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Sobě ježek kadeřav. Show translation Soba hedgehog curls.
Neuč rybu plavati a ptáka lítati. Show translation Teach not a fish to swim, nor a bird to fly. Never offer to teach fish to swim.
Janek do Prahy, Janek z Prahy. Show translation Janek to Prague, Janek from Prague. What good can it do an ass to be called a lion?
Staroba — choroba. Show translation Old age is a disease. Age is a heavy burden.
Pozdě závory dělati, když koně vyvedli. Show translation It is too late to make bars when the horses have been brought out. It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Doba k době, rovní k sobě. Show translation Time to time, equal to equal. One mule scrubs another.
Čert jako ďábel, oba jsou černí. Show translation Devil as the devil, they're both black. Make a pair.
V cizích rukou vždy větší krajíc. Show translation Always a bigger slice in someone else's hands. Your pot broken seems better than my whole one.
V nouzi Franta dobrý. Show translation Franta's good in a pinch. If thou hast not a capon, feed on an onion.
Nes česnek, kam chceš, česnek i bude. Show translation Bring garlic wherever you want, there will be garlic. A kite will never be a good hawk.
Žádný prorok není vzácen ve vlasti své. Show translation No prophet is rare in his own country. No man is a prophet in his own country.
Kovářova kobyla a ševcova žena chodějí bosy. Show translation The blacksmith's mare and the shoemaker's wife walk barefoot. The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Nedal Pán Bůh svini rohy, aby netrkala. Show translation The Lord God did not give the sow horns, lest she should bleat. God sends a curst cow short horns.
Jak pán káže, tak se koza váže. Show translation As the master preaches, so the goat binds. Might goes before right.
Když se vrána zjestřabí, hleďte se, ptáci. Show translation When the crow caws, look out, birds. Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
Nech piva, pij vodu, nečiň kapse škodu. Show translation Stop the beer, drink the water, don't hurt your pocket. Wine has drowned more men than the sea.
Svině zůstane sviní, byť na sobě zlaté sedlo měla. Show translation A sow will remain a sow, even if she was wearing a golden saddle. An ape is ne'er so like an ape, as when he wears a doctor's cape.
Když liška dříme, hleď se, kohoute. Show translation When the fox is snoozing, look out, rooster. When the fox preaches, then beware your geese.
Musí se dým pro teplo trpěti. Show translation The smoke must be suffered for the heat.
Blázen s bláznem chodí, a oba nikam se nehodí. Show translation A fool walks with a fool, and they both don't fit anywhere. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

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