A Collection of English Proverbs About One's Hometown

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1、又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草。

He wants the horses to run and not to eat grass.

2、地不翻，苗不欢。

The ground is not turned over, the seedlings are not happy.

3、家有贤妻，不遭横事。

There is a good wife in the family, and nothing bad happens.

4、树大要分叉，囝大要分家，女大要出嫁。

A tree needs to be divided, a family needs to be divided, and a woman needs to be married.

5、恶妻孽子，神仙难治。

Evil wife and evil son are hard to cure.

6、一人苦一项，无人苦相同。

No one suffers the same.

7、平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚。

I don't burn incense at ordinary times. I'm cramming.

8、常打勿会惊，常骂勿会听。

Don't be surprised if you beat, don't listen if you scold.

9、做到坏田望后冬，娶到歹某一世人。

Do bad field look after the winter, marry some evil people.

10、一瞑无眠，三瞑补勿会过。

One night without sleep, three days without sleep.

11、豆子结板儿，垄沟洗碗儿。

The beans make plates and the ridges wash the dishes.

12、生前若无孝，死了就免哭。

If you have no filial piety, you will not cry when you die.

13、宁拉千斤载，不拉一犁土。

It's better to pull a thousand catties than a plough.

14、冬季畜不瘦，春耕不用愁。

In winter, livestock are not thin, but in spring, there is no need to worry.

15、师父领进门，修行在个人。

Master leads in and practices himself.

16、做田要有好田边，住厝要有好厝边。

There should be a good edge to make a field and a good edge to live in a house.

17、结婚摆阔气，婚后没柴米。

There is no firewood after marriage.

18、常喂喂在腿上，现喂喂在嘴上。

Often feed on the leg, now feed on the mouth.

19、寒露不做茧，放蚕白瞪眼。

Cold dew doesn't make cocoons. It makes silkworms white.

20、有其父必有其子，有其母必有其女。

If you have a father, you have a son; if you have a mother, you have a daughter.

21、几粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅汤。

A few mouse droppings broke a pot of soup.

22、不怕千次使，就怕一次累。

Not afraid of thousands of times, afraid of a tired.

23、见苗三分喜，无苗一场空。

See seedlings three happy, no seedlings a empty.

24、大桥来扛毋走，搭帕仔才来追。

Bridge to carry or not to go, take Pazai to chase.

25、春种早一天，秋收早十天。

One day early for spring planting and ten days early for autumn harvest.

26、山高自有行路客，水深自有渡船人。

The mountain has its own passers-by, and the water has its own ferryman.

27、细水长流年年有，大吃大喝没长久。

There is a long flow of water year after year, but it's not long to eat and drink.

28、众人一样心，黄土变成金，三人四样心，赚钱不够买灯心。

Everyone's heart is the same. Loess becomes gold. Three people have four hearts. They don't make enough money to buy lamp hearts.

29、边收边耕，野草难生。

It's hard to grow wild grass when you harvest and plough.

30、吃饭海碗，做事闪西风。

Eat sea bowls and do things in a western style.

31、春天出门莫寄伞，冬天出门莫寄衣。

Don't send umbrella when you go out in spring, and don't send clothes when you go out in winter.

32、干铲千趟如上粪，湿铲湿趟如夹棍。

A thousand dry shovels are like dung, and a wet shovels are like sticks.

33、暗时全头路，困醒无半步。

When it's dark, it's all the way.

34、吃鱼吃肉，也要菜甲。

Eat fish and meat, but also vegetables.

35、只勤毋俭，无钱无盐。

No money, no salt.

36、龟笑鳖无尾，鳖笑龟粗皮；龟笑鳖无尾，鳖笑龟头短。

The turtle laughs that the turtle has no tail and the turtle laughs that the turtle has thick skin; the turtle laughs that the turtle has no tail and the turtle laughs that the turtle has short head.

37、节气不等人，岁数不饶人。

Solar terms do not wait for people, age does not forgive people.

38、树老根多，人老话多。

There are many trees and roots and many people.

39、心和万事兴，家和万事成。

Heart and everything, home and everything.

40、铲地不铲草，铲草铲不了。

You can't shovel grass without shovel.

41、棺材钉未钉，是非功过分勿会清。

If the coffin is not nailed, the merits and demerits cannot be distinguished.

42、会吃才会大，会消才会活！

Will eat will be big, will disappear will live!

43、七十不留宿，八十不留餐。

Seventy do not stay, eighty do not stay.

44、间苗要间早，定苗要定小。

The seedlings should be planted early and fixed small.

45、月到中秋分外明，人到中年事业成。

The moon to the Mid Autumn Festival is particularly bright, and the middle-aged career is successful.

46、交九不喂料，来年不用套。

No feeding for the next year.

47、酒小饮，没要紧﹔酒大饮，损神经。

It doesn't matter if you drink small wine, but if you drink large wine, it will damage your nerves.

48、人家不是撑船手，偏给人家竹篙头。

I am not a boat supporter, but a bamboo pole.

49、人勤地不懒，薄地也增产。

People are not lazy frequently, and the production of thin land is increased.

50、人家说东你说西，人家打狗你逮鸡。

They say you're the one who beat dogs and catch chickens.

51、不怕初一阴，就怕初二下。

Not afraid of the first Yin, afraid of the second.

52、六犁金，七犁银，九月犁地饿死人。

Six plows of gold, seven plows of silver, and in the ninth month plows the land hungry.

53、害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无。

Do not have the heart of harming others, and do not have the heart of preventing others.

54、树头站乎在，不惊树尾作风台。

Standing at the head of the tree, you will not be surprised at the end of the tree.

55、江湖一支嘴，讲话胡累累。

There's a mouth in the Jianghu, and there's a lot to talk about.

56、民以食为天，没食倥倥颠。

Food is the most important thing for the people.

57、屋漏偏遭连夜雨，船破又遇顶头风。

The house leaks, but it rains at night, and the boat breaks and meets the top wind.

58、两人没相嫌，糙米煮饭也会粘。

There is no disrespect between the two. Brown rice can stick to cooking.

59、不怕不识货，就怕货比货。

Not afraid of not knowing the goods, but afraid of comparing the goods.

60、细汉偷割瓠，大汉偷牵牛。

The thin man steals the bottle gourd, the big man steals the morning glory.

61、心坏无人知，嘴坏大利害。

No one knows that the heart is bad, but the mouth is bad.

62、家土掺野土，一亩顶两亩。

Home soil mixed with wild soil, one mu top two mu.

63、好问勿会迷路，勤做毋知苦。

Don't get lost when you ask questions. Don't be hard when you do.

64、有缘千里来相会，没缘对面不相逢。

I am destined to meet you in thousands of miles, but I am not destined to meet you in the opposite direction.

65、数语拨开君子路，片言提醒梦中人。

A few words open the gentleman's road, and a few words remind the dreamer.

66、不当家勿知柴米贵，不生囝毋知父母恩。

Don't know the price of firewood and rice if you are not in charge of your family, don't know the kindness of your parents if you are not born.

67、一针不补，千针难缝。

A stitch is not mended, but a thousand stitches are difficult to sew.

68、铺上沙土，锄成虚土，养成油土。

Spread the sand, hoe the soil and form the oil soil.

69、没钱买肚肺，睡觉养精神。

Have no money to buy stomach lung, sleep to raise spirit.

70、一勤生百巧，一懒生百病。

One is diligent and one is lazy.

71、日求三餐，夜求一宿。

Three meals a day and one night.

72、人勤地有恩，遍地出黄金。

Man is gracious, and gold is everywhere.

73、少吃多滋味，多吃没口味。

Eat less and taste more. Eat more and have no taste.

74、在家靠父母，出外靠朋友。

I depend on my parents at home and my friends abroad.

75、冬吃菜头夏吃姜，免请医生免烧香。

Eat vegetables in winter and ginger in summer, please don't ask doctors to burn incense.

76、犁出生土，耙成碎土，种在湿土。

Plow the soil, rake it to pieces, and plant it in wet soil.

77、吃好穿好，不如白头偕老。

If you eat well and wear well, it's better to grow old together.

78、常在河边转，没有不湿鞋。

Often in the river, no wet shoes.

79、有钱人惊死，无钱人惊无米。

Rich people are scared to death, no money is scared to no rice.

80、今年锄草剩一棵，明年够你拉一车。

There is only one left for weeding this year, and you can pull a cart next year.

81、家有千棵树，不愁吃和住。

There are thousands of trees in my family, so I don't worry about eating and living.

82、行船靠掌舵，理家靠老婆。

Ship by the helm, manage the home by the wife.

83、生食都没有，哪有再曝干。

No raw food, no more exposure.

84、只要船坐稳，不怕浪来颠。

As long as the boat is stable, it is not afraid of waves.

85、酒肉面前知己假，患难之中兄弟真。

A friend in front of wine and meat is false, but a brother in need is true.

86、寸草锄三刀，料少也上膘。

When you hoe three times with inch grass, you will get fat with less material.

87、逢桥要下马，过渡莫争船。

When you meet a bridge, get off the horse and don't fight for the boat.

88、饱带干粮晴带伞，任何时候不畏难。

Take dry food with you and umbrella with you. You will not be afraid of difficulties at any time.

89、水停百日生虫，人闲百日生病。

When the water stops, a hundred days of worms grow, and a hundred days of sickness come.

90、吃无三把应菜，就想要上西天。

If you don't have three dishes, you want to go to the West.