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)
We will stay longer dead than poor —Â (This is a rough translation from a Breton proverb)
It is easy to be human. It is hard to be humane. — This is translated from a Filipino proverb
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)
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)
