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Repetition teaches
(even) a donkey. (Practice makes perfect.)
At the time of a
test, a person rises or falls. (People's real worth is known only through
trial.)
If you marry a
monkey (i.e. someone ugly) for his money, the money will go away and the monkey
will stay the same (as ugly as ever).
Being alone is
better than being with someone bad. (Warning about keeping bad company.)
Being involved in a
funeral is better than trying to arrange marriages. (Warning about
matchmaking.)
In his mother’s eye,
the monkey is (as beautiful as) a gazelle. (Comment about mothers' bias or
partiality to their children.)
The believer is not
bitten from the same hole twice. (Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice,
shame on me.)
Birds of a feather
flock together.
The hand in water
isn’t like the hand in fire. (Easier said than done; used to criticize someone
removed from the situation at hand who is telling those involved how to deal
with it.)
The one on shore is
a master swimmer. (See above.)
Those who have an
injury on their head keep checking it. (People who have a weakness show
it.)
Dressing up a stick
turns it into a bride. (Clothes make the man.)
The son of a goose
is a swimmer. (Like father, like son.)
Continuing the same
state is impossible. (Nothing stays the same.)
Seeing someone
else’s problems makes your own problems seem smaller. (Considering others'
problems will give you perspective.)
He who doesn't have
(the money to pay for something) does not need it. (If you can't afford
something, think twice about whether you really need it or not.)
After his hair went
white, he went to school. (You can't teach an old dog new tricks. Used to
criticize someone old trying to do things more suited to young people.)
Someone free plays
the judge. (Used to criticize someone with too much free time interfering in
other people’s business.)
