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Sayings From Around The World Illustrated Literally

MoonlightHelper1 December 14th, 2019

A designer James Chapman ( based in Manchester) has brought us a collection of illustrated literal meaning translations of peculiar and often funny sayings from around the world. From Kenya and Sweden to popular idioms in Ethiopia and Russia, Chapman shows us how different countries often interpret well-known proverbs (sleeping on a problem/judging a book by its cover/nothing last forever) while also introducing us to funny idioms that we might have never heard before.

(reference: https://www.boredpanda.com/international-proverbs-illustration-james-chapman/?utm_source=duckduckgo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic

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azuladragon34 January 4th, 2020

@MoonlightHelper1

These are the list of proverbs in the Sri Lankan culture (Sinhalese origin):

You cannot swallow medicine pills without letting the throat know.

When the blacksmith finds a malleable iron, he leaps (with pleasure) to bring his hammer down.

When in haste, one cannot put his hand even in a crock pot.

What goes up, must come down.

Water flows down the lowest point.

The man who has been beaten by a fire-brand dreads the light of even a firefly.

The man who fell into the pit at night, does not fall into it again in broad daylight.

The bird that jumps from branch to branch to avoid the rain, dies (from the cold).

One cannot drink porridge without getting some on his moustache.

Of what use is a lamp to a blind man?

Every kind of bird resorts to a fruitful tree.

Defeat is three-legged.

A vessel filled with water does not make a noise when shaken

AeroYeen January 4th, 2020

@MoonlightHelper1the more bunny, the more bunny stew 😂