Czech proverbs

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Jaká příze, takové plátno. Show translation Like the yarn, like the canvas. Like carpenter, like chips.
Mnoho hluku, málo zvuku. Show translation Lots of noise, little sound. Much ado about nothing.
Měsíce při nastání nechval. Show translation of the moon at the onset of nechval. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Hlad žene do světa. Show translation Hunger drives the world. Hunger drives the wolf out of the woods.
Dobrý začátek, polovina úspěchu. Show translation A good start, half the success. Well begun is half done.
Ranní smích, večerní pláč. Show translation Morning laughter, evening crying. If you sing before breakfast, you'll cry before night.
Nedělej účet bez hostinského. Show translation Don't do the bill without the innkeeper. It takes two to make a bargain.
Nemáš-li koně, choď pěšky. Show translation If you don't have a horse, walk. When you are an anvil, hold you Still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.
Bez chyby nikdo není. Show translation No one is without fault. Nobody is perfect.
Dnem se léto neopozdí. Show translation Summer will not be late in the day. For one that is missing there's no spoiling a wedding.
Hlad se šibenice nebojí. Show translation Hunger is not afraid of the gallows. Poverty is not a shame; but the being ashamed of it is.
Stará liška těžko se uštvati dá. Show translation An old fox can hardly be tamed. It is a silly fish that is caught twice, with the same bait.
Kdo nedělá, nevyjde z neděl. Show translation He who does not work will not come out of Sundays. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
Jestli příliš kvapíš, snadno ježka lapíš. Show translation If you drip too much, you'll easily catch a hedgehog. Nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea.
Z práce budeš hrbat, ne bohat. Show translation Work will make you hunchbacked, not rich. A toiling dog comes halting home.
Cím víc, tím líp. Show translation The more the merrier. Never too much of a good thing.
Od zlého dlužníka i plévy beř. Show translation Take from the evil debtor even the chaff. You can have no more of a cat but her skin.
Na suchém dřevě těžko trhati listí. Show translation It is difficult to pluck leaves on dry wood. Where nothing is the king must lose his right.
Každému svoje se líbí. Show translation To each his own. All one's geese are swans.
Zloděj zloději, šibal šibalu neuškodí. Show translation A thief to a thief, a scoundrel to a scoundrel. There is honour among thieves.

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