Translation:
The stone which always Sates neapsūno (by Google Translate: to be improved shortly)
Equivalent:
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Meaning:
Always moving from place to place or job to job stops a person from accumulating much
(A proverb that is of little relevance, in these days of job insecurity and short-term work contracts)
Translation:
Summer one swallow not be given (by Google Translate: to be improved shortly) (by Google Translate: to be improved shortly)
Equivalent:
One swallow does not make a summer
notes:
In the languages of southern Europe, the equivalent proverb usually has 'spring' rather than 'summer', because migrating swallows arrive earlier there than they do in northern Europe
Meaning:
You cannot infer a general rule or norm from just a single case
Translation:
All roads lead to Rome
Equivalent:
All roads lead to Rome
notes:
In proverbs from Muslim countries, Mecca is the city to which all roads lead
Meaning:
This suggests that it is possible to achieve the same goal by different paths
Translation:
When the cat is in Riga, the mice are on the table; when the cat is at home, the mice are in the corner
Equivalent:
When the cat's away, the mice will play
Meaning:
This suggests that, in the absence of an organisation's superior, many liberties are taken
Translation:
It is not all bad that you hate
Equivalent:
All is not gold that glitters
Meaning:
Be wary of appearances, because not everything that looks good really is so
Translation:
A dog loses its hair, a man does not lose his custom
Equivalent:
The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature
Meaning:
Someone can try and hide his true nature, but it always comes out and reveals itself, either by actions or by words
Translation:
Reserve bread/money, do not reserve work (for tomorrow)
Equivalent:
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today
Meaning:
Do the jobs on today's To Do list, and don't postpone any of them till tomorrow (This proverb could also be suggesting that your today's To Do list is capable of being done today, and that it should not contain things which realistically cannot all be done today)
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