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Revealing proverbs!
Schools ZS T.G. Masaryka, Czech Republic,
Classes 6 a, b Meilahden ala-aste, Helsinki,
Finland, Class 6c Athens College, Elementary
School, Athens, Greece, Class 6d
Proverbs presentations
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Who digs a hole for somebody, falls into it
himself.
Metaphors analogies
Hole a trap To dig to want to harm sombody
Revealing (Czech) proverbs!
Meaning
If you want to harm somebody by doing something
wrong, you will harm yourself at the end.
Julie Zalmanova, Eva Kohoutova, Eliska Strechova,
Karolina Kleckova
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Dont look a gift horse at its teeth.
Metaphors analogies
Gift horse a present Its teeth a quality of
the present
Revealing (Czech) proverbs!
Meaning
If I get a present, I wont examine whether it
is nice or not and I will take it with delight. A
person who gives a present wants to please
somebody so to thank him or her for it you can by
accepting a present with pleasure.
Monika Sramkova, Pavel Dobry, Tomas Marincic,
Eliska Mala, Sara Simerova
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The sparrow in your hand is better than the
pigeon on the roof.
Metaphors analogies
Pigeon something we want to have, but can't have
it. Sparrow something what we have got, but we
are not satisfied with it.
Revealing (Czech) proverbs!
Meaning
It is better to have something for sure than to
desire for something what we can't have.
Martin Vesely, Jakub Tartnek, Dasa Drbohlavova,
Kristyna Saldova
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A lie has got short legs, it can't get far away.
Metaphors analogies
Short legs short period of time Not get far
away fast revealing of a lie
Revealing (Czech) proverbs!
Meaning
If somebody lies it is always revealed very
quickly. So don't lie otherwise it will be found
very soon.
Lucie Roubickova, Barbora Zenklova, Aneta
Svatopolska, Kristyna Petrovska
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Sour, said the fox about rowan berries, not able
to reach them.
Metaphors analogies
the fox an envious person who wants something he
cannot get rowan berries something nice that a
person really wants to have sour? sweet
Revealing (Finnish) proverbs!
Meaning
We say this to someone who says negative things
about something he can not have, but probably
deep down would like to.
Amanda Kumpulainen, Mira Nenonen, Ella Törmälä
and Pihla Leppämäki
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Listen to the spruce nearest your home.
Metaphors analogies
the spruce somebody who owns the house or the
land where you live (for example your
parents) listen obey
Revealing (Finnish) proverbs!
Meaning
You have to follow the rules of the person
whose house you live in.
Lauri Laaja, Aleksi Mutanen, Patrik Parkkonen and
Leevi Nykänen
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The frost will drive the pig back home.
Metaphors analogies
the pig an inexperienced person who leaves home
maybe without permission or boastfully or without
telling anyone the frost homesickness or bad
experiences
Revealing (Finnish) proverbs!
Meaning
You may get bored with what you have at home,
but once you have left home you understand that
home is the best place for you. ( It is cold in
the big wide world, so the pig hurries back home
where its nice and warm.)
Julia Hoffman, Lotta Kangasharju, Mirka Mäkinen
and Lisbeth Strömberg
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Other land blueberry own land strawberry
Metaphors analogies
strawberry home blueberry other places
Revealing (Finnish) proverbs!
Meaning
There are many nice places in the world, but
home is the best place for you. ( Home sweet
home.)
Natalia Daouda, Alina Huittinen, Minni Salminen
and Jasmin Stolt
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A bark does not wound.
Metaphors analogies
Revealing (Finnish) proverbs!
bark abuse, criticize or call someone names
Meaning
Bad words do not hurt us physically.
Aleksi Marjamaa, Taneli Mutanen and Jaakko
Savolainen
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Where many roosters crow, sunrise comes late.
Metaphors analogies
Roosters leader, responsible Crow say,
order Sunrise To do the work Late Not finished
Revealing (Greek) proverbs!
Meaning
When there are many leaders giving orders, the
work doesnt get done, because they cant agree
or work with each other. The proverb comes from
the everyday life, in the old days in the
villages, where roosters were important to wake
people up.
Eleni Vlahaki, Maria Alzigouzi, Murto Tsiori,
Chris Golias, Lefteris Santikos
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Take the egg and give it a haircut.
Metaphors analogies
Egg a job, work Haircut It is impossible to
do.
Revealing (Greek) proverbs!
Meaning
The proverb Take the egg and give it a
haircut means that someone told you to do a job
which is impossible to do, like giving an egg a
haircut.
Elina Stavropoulou, Myrto Gatou, Christopher
Spyrakos, Antonis Sboronos, Spyros Tsagaras
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He made him a trumpet (buccina).
Metaphors analogies
Trumpet It is a musical instrument that sends
messages from faraway to many people.
Revealing (Greek) proverbs!
Meaning
We use this proverb when we want to say that
someone trusts his secret to a friend, but his
friend tells it to everybody and he embarrasses
him. Trumpets (buccina) were used by the ancient
Greek and the Roman armies and navy to give
orders. They were made of shell or bulls horns.
Nikos Vagiakakos, Evelina Karinou, Marilena
Kleovoulou, Lazaros Lazarou, George Papaxristou,
Silvios Silvestros
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Two donkeys fighting in a foreign barn.
Metaphors analogies
Donkeys people Fighting arguing Foreign barn
something which doesnt belong to them.
Revealing (Greek) proverbs!
Meaning
_This proverb tells us about some people that
are fighting for something that doesnt belong to
them. _Kolokotronis, a Greek hero in 19th
century, said this proverb when they told him
that Russia and France (Napoleon) were fighting
over which one of them would take Poland.
Elena Dasmanoglou, Alexandra Kalogera, George
Pisimisis, George Daremas, Kostantine Vasilikos
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Whoever is too lazy to knead, takes ten days to
sieve.
Metaphors analogies
Revealing (Greek) proverbs!
Knead to do a job Sieve slow to prepare
something
Meaning
We say this proverb when someone must do a job
which he doesnt want to do. And he finds excuses
not to do it. In the old days every family used
to knead the bread on their own and it was
difficult work for women
Panaghis Karelis, Paul Triantafilidis, Louiza
Solomon-Panta, Mirto Kotsifa, Katerina Papadima
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Schools ZS T.G. Masaryka, Czech Republic,
Classes 6 a, b Meilahden ala-aste, Helsinki,
Finland, Class 6c Athens College, Elementary
School, Athens, Greece, Class 6d
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Proverbs presentations