Czech proverbs

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Kdo bije, bývá bit. Show translation He who beats is beaten. Quarrelling dogs come halting home.
Seče řeč jako meč. Show translation He cuts speech like a sword. Words hurt more than swords.
Lidé v štěstí paměť tratí. Show translation People in the happy memory track. Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
Při kulhavém kulhati se naučil. Show translation With a limp, he learned.
Dobrá slova koláče jídají. Show translation Good words eat cake. Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
Hojnější vždy obilí na sousední roli. Show translation The more abundant always the grain on the neighbouring field. The grass is always greener over the hill.
Není dobré stáda vlku poručiti. Show translation It is not good to slaughter a wolf. To set the wolf to keep the sheep.
Lenochu se Bůh nedodá. Show translation Lazy God will not deliver.
Perel před svině nemetej. To cast pearls before swine.
Klín se klínem vyhání. Show translation The clinch is driven through the clinch. Nail drives out nail.
Pomine trýzeň, nastane přízeň. Show translation Suffering will pass, favour will come. Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.
Jeden člověk, žádný člověk. Show translation One man, no man. One and none is all one.
Jaký císař, takový písař. Show translation Like emperor, like scribe. The house shows the owner.
Trefil Jonák na Jonáka. Show translation A shot in the arm from Jonak.
Jeden šije, druhý párá. Show translation One sews, the other steams. One does the scathe, and another has the scorn.
Bláto líbí se svini. Show translation Mud pleases the swine. Bring a cow to the hall and she will run to the byre.
Sousedská pohroma, tobě výstraha. Show translation Neighborhood disaster, warning to you. Look after number one.
Cizí neštěstí druhdy vhod. Show translation Other people's misfortune comes in handy. One man's meat is another man's poison.
Velké ryby malé požírají. Show translation Big fish eat the little ones. Big fish eat little fish.
Vlk i čtené béře. Show translation The wolf and the read bera. The wolf eats often of the sheep that have been told.

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