As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

      1 The sign-board brings the custom FRANCE

      2 A bad thing that does no harm is the same as a good one that does no good GERMANY

      3 The big toe never does the ear any harm NIGERIA

      4 We get the note by striking the string INDIA

      5 A waiting appetite kindles many a spite ENGLAND

      6 Too much discussion will lead to a row CÔTE D’IVOIRE

      7 Justice becomes injustice when it makes two wounds on a head which only deserves one REPUBLIC OF CONGO

      8 Many drops make a puddle NETHERLANDS

      9 One pebble doesn’t make a floor NIGERIA

      10 Money makes the world go round USA

      11 Familiarity breeds contempt ENGLAND

      12 To always win brings suspicion, to always lose brings contempt GERMANY

      13 Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles USA

      14 What makes one abbot glad makes another abbot sad SCOTLAND

      15 Practice makes perfect ENGLAND

      16 Cheese and bread make the cheeks red GERMANY

      17 It takes two blows to make a battle ENGLAND

      18 The second word makes the fray JAPAN

      19 Beauty does not make the pot boil IRELAND

      20 A smooth way makes the foot slip ESTONIA

      21 Good words make us laugh; good deeds make us silent FRANCE

      22 One swallow does not make a summer ENGLAND

      23 There’s nothing like being bespattered for making someone defy the gutter FRANCE

      24 A fire in the heart makes smoke in the head GERMANY

      25 The art of being a merchant consists more in getting paid than in making sales SPAIN

      26 Strange bread makes the cheeks red SWITZERLAND

      27 It takes two to make a quarrel ENGLAND

      28 Two things make one either greater or smaller, praise and shadows GERMANY

      29 God preserve us from pitch-forks, for they make three holes SWITZERLAND

      30 It is the turning of the mill that makes the flour heap INDIA

      31 Peace makes money and money makes war FRANCE

      32 Small cares make many words, great ones are mute GERMANY

      33 A coward’s fear makes a brave man braver SCOTLAND

      34 A fall into a ditch makes you wiser CHINA

      35 From fried eggs come no chickens USA

      36 A young doctor makes a full graveyard CHINA

      37 Absence makes the heart grow fonder ENGLAND

      38 A crooked log makes a good fire FRANCE

      39 The sweetest wine makes the sharpest vinegar GERMANY

      40 A borrowed drum never makes good dancing HAITI

      41 At birth we cry – at death we see why BULGARIA

      42 Straps come from the same leather ARGENTINA

      43 Good juice from fruit comes without squeezing IRAN

      44 Slowness comes from God and quickness from the devil MOROCCO

      45 Out of old fields come new grain USA

      46 A beautiful disorder is an effect of art FRANCE

      47 God does not shave – why should I? BULGARIA

      48 Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying SWITZERLAND

      49 It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins CHINA

      50 Set a thief to catch a thief ENGLAND

      1 Take away the wife of a strong man only when he is out UGANDA

      2 Community is as strong as water, and as stupid as a pig RUSSIA

      3 The one who is not strong enough to lift the stone must roll it ESTONIA

      4 The dog on three legs ain’t always lame USA

      5 Truth is greater than ten goats NIGERIA

      6 Habit hardens the feet NETHERLANDS

      7 Pray devoutly but hammer stoutly ENGLAND

      8 Strong people can spin their top in the sand JAPAN

      9 Good nature is stronger than tomahawks USA

      10 The throwers of stones fling away the strength of their own arms NIGERIA

      11 A chain is as strong as its weakest link ENGLAND

      12 Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable KENYA

      13 A habit is first cobwebs, then cables USA

      14 The third strand makes the cable NETHERLANDS

      15 Too much tying loosens SYRIA

      16 A barren sow was never good to pigs ENGLAND

      17 Pull gently at a weak rope NETHERLANDS

      18 It’s a great life if you don’t weaken USA

      19 An axe with a loose head is the bane of a man up a tree NIGERIA

      20 A shadow is a feeble thing but no sun can drive it away SWEDEN

      1 A basket-maker who makes one basket makes a hundred BRAZIL

      2 More than one mother can make tasty soup NIGERIA

      3 Crab apples make good jelly too USA

      4 No more leaves can fall in autumn than were grown in spring GERMANY

      5 Make hay while the sun shines ENGLAND

      6 A hundred men may make an encampment, but it needs a woman to make a home CHINA

      7 One cannot make soup out of beauty ESTONIA

      8 Not every sort of wood is fit to make an arrow FRANCE

      9 Sweat makes good mortar GERMANY

      10 The wise make proverbs but fools repeat them ENGLAND

      11 Words do not make flour ITALY

      12 They wouldn’t make erasers if we didn’t make mistakes USA

      13 Neither break a law nor make one IRELAND

      14 A hat is not made for one shower ENGLAND

      15 It isn’t every kind of wood that can make a whistle LATVIA

      16 It is easy to make pipes sitting amongst bulrushes CZECH REPUBLIC

      17 There’s no making apples of plums GERMANY

      18 Cooks make their own sauce FRANCE

      19 Any wood will do to make a signpost GREECE

      20 You can’t make a cheap palace USA

      21 Every chimney makes its own smoke ITALY

      22 The devil makes pots, but not always lids ITALY: SARDINIA

      23 Those who change their trade make soup in a basket ENGLAND

      24 Every plate that is made breaks AFGHANISTAN

      25 A maker of idols is never an idol-worshipper CHINA

      26 Every work revenges itself on its master GERMANY

      27 A father is a banker provided by nature FRANCE

      28 Two pieces of meat confuse the mind of the fly NIGERIA

      29 Good things sell themselves; bad things have to be advertised ETHIOPIA

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