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    English proverbs..

    Rahma Sboui Gueddah
    Rahma Sboui Gueddah


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    Post by Rahma Sboui Gueddah Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:45 pm

    N.B:Sorry for publishing this article includin' Arabic but I think that it'll be more helpful to write it so.




    1- الغايب عذره معه
    The absent party is not faulty

    2- العبرة بالأعمال وليست بالأقوال
    Actions speak louder than words

    3- يزيد الطين بله
    Add fuel to the fire


    4- - لا نتيجة بدون ألم،لا حلاوة بدون نار

    No gains without pains
    5- لا خاب من استشار

    Advice is ever in want
    6-- كل شدة وتهون
    After black clouds, clear weather

    7- من شبّ على شيء شاب عليه
    Always has been, always will be

    8- الطيور على أشكالها تقع
    Birds of feather flock together

    9- الأقربون أولى بالمعروف
    Charity begins at home

    10- عامل الناس كما تحب أن يعاملوك
    Do as you would be done

    11-على قدر لحافك مد رجليك
    Cut your coat according to your cloth

    12- الصلح سيد الأحكام
    Conciliation is the matter of the law

    13- اعمل خير والقه في البحر
    Do good and cast it into the sea

    14- ما يأتي بسهولة يذهب بسهولة
    Easy come, easy go

    15- الغاية تبرر الوسيلة
    The end justifies the means

    16- لكل جواد كبوة
    Every tide has its ebb

    17- إنما العبرة بالنهاية
    It is the end that counts

    18- رب ضرة نافعة
    Every cloud has a silver lining

    19-لا تلقوا بأيديكم إلى التهلكة
    Don’t put your head in the lions mouth

    20- الصديق وقت الضيق
    A friend in need is a friend indeed

    21- رمية من غير رامي
    A flash in the pan

    22- خاطب الناس على قدر عقولهم
    Address people in the language they can understand.

    lol! HaVe A nIcE dAy afro
    laflouf86
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    Post by laflouf86 Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:11 pm

    Hi Rahma Razz Here some other proverbs :

    Arrow Every patient is a doctor after his cure.

    Arrow A tyrone woman will never buy a rabbit without a head for fear it's a cat .

    Arrow The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke.

    Arrow Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind.

    Arrow A silent mouth is sweet to hear.

    Arrow No matter how often a pitcher goes to the water it is broken in the end.

    Arrow Men are like bagpipes no sound comes from them until they're full.

    Arrow When the apple is ripe it will full.

    Arrow There is not a tree in heaven higher than the tree of patience.

    Arrow Don't tell your complaint to one who has no pity.

    Arrow A live dog is better than a dead lion.

    Arrow The bigginning of wisdom is the fear of God.

    Arrow There's no wise man without a fault

    Arrow By other's fault, wise men learn.

    Arrow The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes but liking what one does.






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    Rahma Sboui Gueddah
    Rahma Sboui Gueddah


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    Age : 39
    Localisation : kairouan,Tunisia
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    Post by Rahma Sboui Gueddah Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:04 pm

    Well done Olfa!!!! cheers
    Thank u for the addition. Razz Razz


    lol! HaVe A nIcE dAy afro

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