Cultural Proverbs by https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf Please post a proverb/saying from your country/culture/background here to share with your peers. en-us 2024-02-16 15:45:54 UTC 2024-03-07 15:39:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4a1.png Proverb (Rousseau) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2887299111 The best mirror is a friend's eyes.

]]> 2024-02-18 19:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2887299111 Proverb (Rousseau) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2887300073 A bird does not sing because she has the answer, she sings because she has a song.

]]> 2024-02-18 19:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2887300073 proverb (Charlize) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2889601385 lo tiempo lo cura todo

translation time heals everything

]]> 2024-02-20 14:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2889601385 Proverbs (Samantha) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2890049278 Actions speak louder than words.

]]> 2024-02-20 20:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2890049278 Proverb (David) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2890153524 Donde esta el palo esta la astilla

Literal translation Where the stick is at is where the splinter is. It actually is used as a way to say that two people have something very much in common mainly between parents and children.

]]> 2024-02-20 23:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2890153524 Proverb (David) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2890158437 El comal le dijo a la olla

Literal translation- The griddle said to the pot.

It is actually used as a way of teasing back at someone that laughs at you or critiques you about something, but they are just the same.

]]> 2024-02-20 23:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2890158437 Proverb (Gabriel) gfoleyiupuc https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2891537805 If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

]]> 2024-02-21 22:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2891537805 Proverb (Gabriel) gfoleyiupuc https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2891538933 The pot calling the kettle black.


Refers to hypocrisy and accusing someone or something while doing the same thing.

]]> 2024-02-21 22:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2891538933 Proverbs (kasey) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2891737195 The grass isn't greener on the other side, its green where you water it. (This was my mom's preferred version of "the grass is greener on the other side".)

This refers to looking and comparing your life to others. Your life will not get better by comparing yourself to others. It gets better by doing something about it!

]]> 2024-02-22 02:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2891737195 Proverb (Yao) yaowang1012 https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892164315 千里之行始于足下

It means a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

]]> 2024-02-22 10:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892164315 Proverb (Cyrus) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892440180 Blood might be thicker than water, but we don't drink blood every day.

This is something that I've come up with that just means that although family is important, it is the friends you make who get you through the day.

]]> 2024-02-22 14:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892440180 Proverbs for Session One! https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892449091 Here are our groups proverbs for session one! Group members are Ali, Jo, Jon, Alyssa, and Taylor!

]]> 2024-02-22 14:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892449091 Proverb (Lily) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892506684 Better late than never.

]]> 2024-02-22 14:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892506684 Proverbs (Lily) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892511017 Honesty is the best policy.

]]> 2024-02-22 15:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892511017 Proverbs (Sarah) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892515914 Absence makes the heart grow fonder

]]> 2024-02-22 15:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892515914 Southern Proverbs (Bright) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892548791 “Y’all”

“Bless your heart”


]]> 2024-02-22 15:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892548791 proverb(Zoye) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892559283 己所不欲，勿施于人

It means what you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.


]]> 2024-02-22 15:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892559283 天道酬勤 https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892573453 It’s a Chinese old saying which means that the god always bless people who work hard, many Chinese people use this sentence to encourage themselves to try their best in working and studying.

]]> 2024-02-22 15:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892573453 Native American Proverbs (Sarah) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892599315

  • "Change is the only constant." - Inuit Tribe

  • "All dreams spin out from the same web." - Hopi Tribe

    • ]]>     2024-02-22 16:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892599315     Proverb (Hilda) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892896405 Empty barrels sounds the loudest.

    ]]>     2024-02-22 20:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2892896405     Proverb (Ali) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2908468275 القرد في عين امه غزال

    Literal translation: The monkey is a gazelle in the eyes of his mother.
    English equivalent: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

    ]]>     2024-03-06 17:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2908468275     Proverbs (Shayla) https://padlet.com/yaowang1012/5469m094jtaletzf/wish/2910026949 The early bird catches the worm.


    Better late than never


    Barking up the wrong tree.

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