Skip to contentFunny 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.