No one knows a son better than the father. — The moral of this proverb, or a meaning could be Having spent decades with each other, family members know what type of persons each other are like. “Sons” and “fathers” also apply to the female equivalents. Used for character witness in a trial. Despite his/her [...]
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)
