Proverbs: Chinese Proverbs – Famous Proverbs

Funny Chinese Proverbs

• A cardboard belt would be a waist of paper.
• A streaker is someone who is unsuited for his work.
• All men eat, but Fu Man Chu.
• Better to be pissed off than pissed on.
• Bird in hand makes hard to blow nose
• Crowded elevator smells different to midget.
• Lady who go camping must beware of evil intent.
• He who eats too many prunes, sits on potty many moons
• If you want pretty nurse, you must be patient.
• Man trapped in pantry have ass in jam.
• Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.
• Man who drop watch in toilet have shitty time.
• Man who eat crackers in bed wake up feeling crummy.
• Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
• Man who farts in church sits in own pew.
• Man who gets too big for his britches may get exposed in the end.
• Man who leap off cliff jump to conclusion.
• Man who keep feet firmly on ground have trouble putting on pants.
• Man who lives in glass house should change clothes in basement.
• Man who loves and loses, have not right lawyer.
• Man who pee on electric fence receive shocking news.
• Man who places head in sand will get kicked in the end.
• Man who pushes piano down mine shaft get A flat miner.
• Man who put head on railroad track get splitting headache.
• Man who run behind car get exhausted.
• Man who run in front of car get tired.
• Man who scratches ass should not bite fingernails.
• Man who sit on tack get point.
• Man who sleep in bed of nails is holy.
• Man who sneezes without hanky takes matters into his own hands.
• Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient.
• Man with one chopstick go hungry.
• Modern house without toilet uncanny.
• Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.
• Those who throw dirt are sure to lose ground.
• War doesn’t determine who is right, war determines who is left.
• Woman who wear wonderbra make mountains out of molehills.

Famous Proverbs

• a bad workman always blames his tools
• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• a camel is a horse designed by a committee
• a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
• a closed mouth gathers no feet
• a fool and his money are soon parted
• a friend in need is a friend indeed
• a golden key can open any door
• a good beginning makes a good ending
• a good man is hard to find
• a house is not a home
• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
• a leopard cannot change its spots
• a lie has no legs
• a little learning is a dangerous thing.
• a man is known by the company he keeps
• a man’s home is his castle
• a miss is as good as a mile
• a new broom sweeps clean
• a nod is as good as a wink
• a penny saved is a penny earned
• a picture is worth a thousand words
• a picture paints a thousand words
• a rising tide lifts all boats
• a rolling stone gathers no moss
• a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
• a stitch in time saves nine
• a stopped clock is right twice a day
• a watched pot never boils
• absence makes the heart grow fonder

• actions speak louder than words
• all cats are grey at night
• all good things must come to an end
• all roads lead to Rome
• all that glitters is not gold
• all things come to those who wait
• all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
• all’s fair in love and war
• all’s well that ends well
• almost doesn’t count
• an apple a day keeps the doctor away
• an Englishman’s home is his castle
• an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
• another day, another dollar
• any press is good press
• April showers bring May flowers
• as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly
• as you sow, so shall you reap
• attack is the best form of defence
• avoid regrets by taking time to think before speaking or acting angrily.
• bad money drives out good
• barking dogs never bite
• beauty is in the eye of the beholder
• beauty is only skin deep
• beggars can’t be choosers
• better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
• better safe than sorry
• better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
• better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
• birds of a feather flock together
• blood is thicker than water
• boys will be boys
• bros before hoes
• business before pleasure
• carpe diem
• caveat emptor (meaning: buyer beware)
• che sara sara (meaning: whatever will be, will be)
• cheaters never prosper
• children should be seen and not heard
• clothes don’t make the man
• cold hands, warm heart
• correlation does not imply causation
• curiosity killed the cat
• dead men tell no tales
• desperate times call for desperate measures
• diamonds are a girl’s best friend
• discretion is the better part of valour
• divide and conquer
• does Macy’s tell Gimbel’s
• don’t be penny wise and pound foolish
• don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched
• don’t cry over spilt milk
• don’t dip your pen in company ink
• don’t drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
• don’t drop the soap
• don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
• don’t poke the bear.
• don’t put all your eggs in one basket
• don’t shit where you eat
• don’t shoot the messenger
• don’t take any wooden nickels
• don’t try to teach grandma how to suck eggs
• drain the swamp when up to one’s neck in alligators
• e pluribus unum (meaning: out of many, one)
• each to his own
• early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
• easy come, easy go
• education is something you keep forever.
• empty vessels make the most sound
• enough is enough
• even Homer nods (meaning: not even the most vigilant and expert are
  immune from erring).
• every cloud has a silver lining
• every day is a school day
• every dog has its day
• every Jack has his Jill
• every king needs a queen
• every little helps
• every man has a price
• every rule has an exception
• every silver lining has a cloud
• everything happens for a reason
• experience is the best teacher
• faith will move mountains
• familiarity breeds contempt
• feed a cold, starve a fever
• finders keepers
• fine feathers make fine birds
• fine words butter no parsnips (meaning: words alone are useless)
• first come, first served
• first things first
• fools rush in where angels fear to tread
• forbidden fruit is the sweetest
• forewarned is forearmed
• fortune favors the bold
• Friendships can be rebuilt after a dispute but will never be as strong
  as before.
• Give someone a little and they will want more.
• Give someone enough time and freedom and they will get into trouble.
• Harvest predictions according to the weather.
• Haste makes waste.
• If a person doesn’t know about something, it cannot hurt them.
• If you try to do two things at the same time, you won’t succeed in doing
  either of them.
• Ignorance is bliss.
• One should learn from one’s mistakes.
• One should not criticize others for faults similar to one’s own.
• The apple does not fall far from the tree
• The best things in life are free.
• the devil is in the details
• the early bird catches the worm
• Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
• Well begun is half done.
• You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.
• You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.