XML FeedsAustralian proverb
By thorgal on Apr 10, 2008 | In Proverbs | Send feedback »
“You can’t polish a turd”
Meaning : A turd is a shit for those of you who don’t know. The
meaning is that you can’t make something great from a shitty base product.
Chinese Proverb (1)
By thorgal on Apr 8, 2008 | In Proverbs | Send feedback »
dui niu tan qin
Translation : playing the guitar/some stringed instrument to a cow
Meaning : a cow cannot understand/appreciate the music being played, or a person who is stubborn will not listen to reason
German Proverb (1)
By thorgal on Apr 6, 2008 | In Proverbs | Send feedback »
Du bist was du isst
Translation : “You are what you eat”
Meaning : Your eating habits define who you are
Serbian Proverb (1)
By thorgal on Apr 2, 2008 | In Proverbs | Send feedback »
Ne meshaj babe i zhabe!
brutally translated: Do not mix grandmothers and frogs!
Meaning : you should make difference between this and that.
this proverb became famous when a Serbian minister of Foreign Affairs used it once during some speech in the UN 
Turkish proverb
By thorgal on Aug 19, 2007 | In Proverbs | Send feedback »
Bana bir harf ögretenin 40 yil kölesi olurum
roughly translated : For 40 years I would be the slave of the person who teaches me one letter
Proverb attributed to Prophet Ali (not a prophet but one of descendents of muhammed), and emphasizes the importance of learning.
