Serbian proverbs Quotes

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“Nova metla dobro mete.
• English equivalent: New brooms sweep clean.”

“Wikipedia: Serbian proverbs”

“Cyrillic: Иcпeци пa peци. - Latin: Ispeci pa reci.
• English equivalent: First think before you speak.”

“Sve se vraća, sve se plaća
• Translation: All returns – everything comes back.
• English equivalent: What goes around comes around.”

“Cyrillic: Гвожђе се кује док је вруће. - Latin: Gvožđe se kuje dok je vruće.
• English equivalent: Strike while the iron is hot.”

“Cyrillic: Врана врани очи не вади. - Latin: Vrana vrani oči ne vadi.
• English equivalent: A crow doesn't pick out another crow's eyes.”

“Cyrillic: Бог је прво себи браду створио. - Latin: Bog je prvo sebi bradu stvorio.
• Translation: God created the beard on himself first.”

“Cecil Palmer & Hayward (1913), National Proverbs: Serbia, publisher: Ferrestone Press (Public Domain)”

“Cyrillic: Где je много бабица, килава cу деца. - Latin: Gde je mnogo babica, kilava su deca.
• English equivalent: Too many cooks spoil the broth.”

“Cyrillic: Ко другоме јаму копа сам у њу пада. - Latin: Ko drugome jamu kopa sam u nju pada.
• English equivalent: Who digs a trap for others ends up in it himself.”

“Cyrillic: Где ти много обећавају, малу торбу понеси. - Latin: Gde ti mnogo obećavaju, malu torbu ponesi.
• English equivalent: He says the moon is made of cheese.”

“Cyrillic: Прво скочи па реци хоп. - Latin: Prvo skoči pa reci hop.
• English equivalent: Walk the walk, then talk the talk.
• Meaning: First do your task, then talk about it.”

“Cyrillic: Уздај се у се и у своје кљусе! - Latin: Uzdaj se u se i u svoje kljuse!
• Translation: Trust yourself and your horse!
• English equivalent: Distrust is the mother of safety.”

“Cyrillic: Ругала се шерпа лонцу, широка му уста. - Latin: Rugala se šerpa loncu, široka mu usta.
• Translation: A pan was mocking a pot because his mouth is big. (The pot calls the kettle black.)”

“Cyrillic: Јутро је паметније од вечери. - Latin: "Jutro je pametnije od večeri."
• English equivalent: The morning is wiser than the evening.
• Meaning: Sleeping over can make problems be solved easier.”

“Ne videti šumu od drveta.
• Translation: To miss the forest because of the trees.
• English equivalent: Not seeing the forest for the trees.
• Meaning: To pay too much attention to details and not understand the general situation.”

“Cyrillic: Што можеш данас, не остављај за сутра. - Latin: Što možeš danas, ne ostavljaj za sutra.
• Translation: What you can do today do not leave off for tomorrow.
• English equivalent: Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”

“Cyrillic: Нема ватре без дима. - Latin: Nema vatre bez dima.
• English equivalent: Where there is smoke there is fire.
• Meaning: "It is supposed that if there is a rumour, there must be some truth behind it."
• Source for meaning: Paczolay, Gyula (1997), European Proverbs in 55 languages page: 33, pages: 527, publisher: DeProverbio.com, ISBN: 1-875943-44-7”

“Cyrillic: Није злато све што сија. - Latin: Nije zlato sve što sija.
• English equivalent: All that glitters is not gold.
• Meaning: "An attractive appearance may be deceptive. It may cover or hide a much less favourable content."
• Source for meaning: Paczolay, Gyula (1997), European Proverbs in 55 languages page: 114, pages: 527, publisher: DeProverbio.com, ISBN: 1-875943-44-7”