Daily Archives: December 6, 2006

Kalvin Square

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Day of Miklós in Hungary. The day when children put their cleaned boots to the windows and in the morning they find there their presents…(mostly chocolate). Did you clean your boots?:)

Kalvin sqaure

I took this photo yesterday’s afternoon..(ohh it was only 4 pm) on the Kalvin Square. I like this protestant church here…giving it a special mood to this place.

Today I have finished being the “proverb collector” :) Thank you so much for sharing with me a lot of proverbs/sayings/phrases from your countries. In the last 7 days, with your help, we collected the following. Enjoy the exhibition:)

  • Bosnia
    • man to man is a wolf
    • kiss, kiss but don’t loose your head
    • if the neighbour’s house is burning, extinguish it
  • Bulgaria
    • That’s why girls time the introduction of boyfriends to their mothers very carefully
    • A word about to be spoken is like a stone that is ready to be thrown
    • Do not count the teeth of a gift horse
  • China
    • 墙头草，两边倒
    • The grass on the top of the wall fall in two sides.
      • in pinying: qiang2 tou2 cao3,liang3 bian1 dao3
      • literally: qiang2= wall, qiang2 tou2=the top of the wall, cao3= grass; liang3=both, liang3 bian1=both sides, dao3=fall.)
    • 说话是人生的需要，听话是人生的艺术
    • To speak is the demands of our life, to listen is the art of our life.
      • in pinyin: shuo1 hua4 shi4 ren2 sheng1 de0 xu1yao4,ting1 hua4 shi4 ren2 sheng1 de0 yi4 shu4.
      • In literally: shuo1hua4=to speak, shi4= is, ren2 sheng1=life de0=of, xu1yao4=demands; ting1hua4=to listen,yi4 shu4=art.)
    • 有其父，必有其子
    • like the father, like the son
      • (you3 qi2 fu4, bi4 you3 qi2 zi3)/li>
    • 萝卜青菜，各有所爱
    • someone likes radish, someone likes green grocery.
      • (in pinyin: luo2 bo0 qing1 cai4, ge4 you3 suo3 ai4)
    • 人无完人，金无足赤
    • no perfect person, and so does the Buddhist.
      • (ren2 wu2 wan2 ren2,jin1 wu2 zu2 chi4)
    • where there is an oppression, where there is a resistance
    • Finland
      • Speaking is silver, being silent is gold
    • France
      • La vérité sort de la bouche des enfants
        • Truth always comes out of the children’s mouth
    • Hungary
      • He who says A, should also say B.
      • Look at the mother and marry the daughter!
      • Even the white lily can have a black shadow
      • A child and a fool will always tell the truth
      • Do not check the teeth of gift horses!
      • If now you are up, tomorrow you can be down
    • Singapore
      • He who can take no interest in what is small, will take false interest in what is great.
      • To speak is silver, to listen is gold.
      • One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
      • To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
      • The journey is the reward.
      • Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder
    • Sweden
      • To speak is silver, to be quite is gold
    • UK
      • Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
    • USA
      • Silence is golden
      • The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
      • One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
      • Some people are wolves in sheep’s clothing
      • Speaks out of both sides of their mouth
      • out of the mouths of babes
      • You have to stop and smell the roses
      • Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
      • Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder