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Dragon, head, snake, tail

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:32:39 +0000

Dragon, head, snake, tail — One of the meanings of this proverb could be… Anticlimax, the beginning is like a dragons head, great and majestic and the ending is like a snakes tail, tiny and pathetic. (This is a Japanese proverb, saying, or idiom)

I leant on a bent wall.

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:25:16 +0000

I leant on a bent wall. — One of the meanings of this proverb could be… I depended on someone who is not depandable. (Translated from an Arabic proverb)

They said to the fox, the fox said to its tail.

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:24:44 +0000

They said to the fox, the fox said to its tail. — One of the meanings of this proverb could be… One is told to do something but will never do it. (A rough translation of a Bulgarian proverb)

A kite breeding a hawk.

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:55:55 +0000

A kite breeding a hawk. — One of the meanings of this proverb could be… A splendid child born from common parents. (This is a Japanese proverb, saying, or idiom)

Whatever you sow, that’s what you’ll reap.

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:51:43 +0000

Whatever you sow, that’s what you’ll reap. — One of the meanings of this proverb could be… You’ll receive the consequence of your own actions. (Translated from an Armenian proverb)