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Originally Posted by rewboss  They're not English idioms, but if you want the true English idioms, you'll probably have to explain to us what the proverbs actually mean. I can guess that 4 means that if you tell a lie, you may have trouble living with it afterwards, but I can't think of an English equivalent. You were right about 6.
7 is interesting. I don't think there's an English equivalent, but the Welsh have a saying: "Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon", which means: "A nation without a language is a nation without a heart" -- which is different, but probably related. |
Well,everybody has his own explaination of proverbs. Slightly,you got it.You may be right...I`m never sure about proverbs
I think the proverb means: Lies have short legs=.Sooner or later someone will find out that you told a lie..or you simply disclose it.You can not get far with lying. (Well,I`m only intermediate so my explaination may be weird
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