HUNGARIAN PROVERBS.
Whilst one of our English proverbs runs, “ There is no smoke without fire,” the Hungarian says, “ There are no chips without cutting,” or, better, “ The copse does not rustle if the wind does not blow.” We say, “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ”; v the Hungarian says, ” Better is a sparrow today than a buzzard tomorrow.” We say, ** Set a fox to watch the geese "; the Hungarian says, “ Entrust the fat to the dog.” When something is wrong he says, ” The dog is in the garden." To describe an upstart or to express some surprise or doubt about the* day a man has reached place and power, the Hungarian says, “He has climbed up a cucumber tree ”; and to indicate that a man can keep his own counsel he says, “He i 3 silent as a melon on the grass.” Of one who is inconsistent he says, He drinks wine and preaches water.” To indicate that it is no affair of his, the Hungarian says, “It is neither my shirt nor my collar.” Another interesting proverb is, “A bashful beggar has an empty wallet.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18830, 6 August 1929, Page 2
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