PROVERBS ON HORSE
v A golden bit does not make the horse any better-Italian
v A good horse and a bad horse need the spur; a good woman and a bad woman
need the stick-Italian
v A good horse cannot be of a bad
colour-English
v A grey mare is the better horse-English
v A horse cannot gain weight if it
is not fed with extra food during the night; a man cannot become rich without
earning more from his regular salaries- Chinese
v A hungry kite sees a dead horse afar off-English
v A nod’s as good as a
wink to a blind horse-Scottish
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Another's horse is always strong- Norwegian
v Be on a horse when you go in search of a better
one-Chinese
v Cutting off a mule’s ears won’t make him a horse-Louisianan
v Do not approach a goat from the
front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side-Jewish
v Don't change horses in
mid-stream-English
v Donkey's lips do not fit onto a
horse's mouth- Chinese
v Don’t swap horses in midstream-Swedish
v Don't spur a willing horse-
Unknown origin
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Even the best horse may stumble- Norwegian
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Have a horse of your own and then you may borrow
another’s-Welsh
Heaven on earth is to be found on horseback,
reading books and between a women’s breasts-Arabian
v Horses for courses-English
v If an ass goes travelling it
will not come home a horse- Unknown origin
v If two ride on a horse, one must
ride behind-English
v If wishes were horses, beggars
would ride-English
v It is quicker on your own donkey
than on someone else's race horse-Yugoslavian
v It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse-English
v It's too late to shut the
stable-door after the horse has bolted-English
v Mules are always boasting that
their ancestors were horses-German
v Never change horses whilst
crossing a stream-North American
v Never look a gift horse in the
mouth-English
v Old horses don’t forget the way-Japanese
v One cannot shoe a running horse- Dutch
v One whip is good enough for a good horse, for a bad one, not a thousand-Russian
v Spanish is the
language of lovers, Italian is for the singer, French for diplomats, and German
for horses-Spanish
v The horse must graze where it is
tethered- Belgian
v The horse that draws best is most whipped-French
v The horses of hope
gallop, but the asses of experience go slowly-Russian
v The man who does not love himself cannot love a horse-Spanish
v There is nothing so good for the
inside of a man as the outside of a horse-English
v Three things are not to be
trusted; a cow's horn, a dog's tooth, and a horse's hoof- English
v Trouble rides a fast horse-Italian
v When the crane attempts to dance with the horse she gets broken bones-Danish
v You can take a horse to the water, but you can't
make him drink-English
v You think you lost your horse?
Well, who knows, the horse may bring a whole herd back to you one day- Chinese
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