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?:)
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
Nice picture. It will be interesting to know more about the custom on 5 Dec in Hungary. What made it so special that children put their clean boots by the window?
its not easy to find a good perspective to shoot the street view.
this one is wonderful….
:))
and here is the last proverb for yesterday.
情人眼里出西施(qing2 ren2 yan3 li3 chu1 xi1 shi1)
its meaning is the same as what people said in english.
(in literally: qing2 ren1= lover, yan3=eyes, yan3 li3=in one’s eyes,in one’s mind, chu1=here means have, xi1 shi1=a name of an ancient beauty.)
jing
deja la fin des proverbes, dommage c’etat une superbe idée.
tres belle photo de nuit, les lumieres sont tres belles.
l’eglise a gauche, est tres belle.
already end of the proverbs, damage it state a superb idea. very beautiful photograph of night, the lights are very beautiful. the church on the left, is very beautiful.
What’s the name of the church? Nice shot at 4 pm. 4 pm in Singapore’s super bright!
Hello Zsolt and thank you for all these sentences full of wisdom. I think Hungarian children are looking forward to this day of the year. In Eastern France (for example in Nancy where my daughter lives) Saint Nicolas is very important too, but here, in Western France, nobody cares…
We don’t clean our boots (don’t own them), but my children and my grandchildren still put their shoes out for St. Nic. It”s not a widespread nor common practice in US, but if families like mine have done it for generations, it continues. When I taught school I always had treats for this day. Love it! Comes from my German, Italian, and French heritage, I guess.
typical northern countries winter sky…but the image is nice!
I never heard of this tradition before. In fact I didn’t know about St. Nic’s Eve in the US either. I love learning about these things from the photoblogs.
Holiday Greetings.
Today’s celebration is something i learned only last year. It is an interesting way to tell the children if they’ve been good for whole year or not
ps. zsolt, you must be a happy man with all those proverbs under your belt!
Thank you for the nice comments..:)
I will write about the Santa tradition more on my Chaoren site soon so Ting and everyone who is interested can read about it.
I am very happy with the proverbs “under my belt” (again a new expression I learned Kris):)…and
I decided that some later I will continue to collect them. Just step by step:) We suffered a lot with the layout because I wanted to insert Jing’s great characters in any case..but with Denton’s help we could manage it. Thank you Denton..now the proverbs are so beautiful with the Chinese characters.
Jing..I will add your new proverb to the list..and pls pls collect more of them to me..and when I start again my collection pls do not hesitate to send them.:)
I wish you all a wonderful day..now I run to have my lecture.
Amazing light and colours you managed to capture Zsolt! Fantastic photo.
And a quite a good collection of proverbs!
All the best