Proverbs | Mean | Std. Deviation |
There are two gifts we shall give our children. One is roots and the other is wings. | 4.3390 | 1.24027 |
The wolf has a thick neck, because he does his job on his own. | 3.8136 | 1.33229 |
Man is the head of the family and woman is its soul. | 3.5932 | 1.48694 |
If you know how to wait, sooner or later your time will come. | 3.5932 | 1.36607 |
The dog jumps according to the stick. | 3.5593 | 1.52305 |
Woman shall be for bad and for good. | 3.4915 | 1.43085 |
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. | 3.3051 | 1.34234 |
If heart will allow, and hand will not allow, then nothing will follow. | 3.2034 | 1.50608 |
You can build a house on a father’s blessing. | 2.9153 | 1.45375 |
Where the dog whelped, there it got its habits. | 2.8983 | 1.44670 |
Don’t laugh too much, because you will cry later. | 2.8644 | 1.54761 |
I good heart prays to God, a naughty one bitterly cries. | 2.8475 | 1.48340 |
If there is no fear, there is no shame. | 2.8136 | 1.47945 |
Man is the master of the house and woman is its adornment. | 2.8136 | 1.45596 |
You are as good as the company you keep. | 2.7797 | 1.39046 |
A curse spoken by father may bury a son. | 2.7458 | 1.43351 |
Woman has a bag full of tears for everyone. | 2.6949 | 1.54534 |
Woman is judged by how she keeps the house, and man – by what he brings in. | 2.6949 | 1.41731 |
He who was married as a joke shall wear his horns. | 2.6610 | 1.52689 |
Break the snake’s head while it is still small. | 2.6441 | 1.49439 |
Each goat on her own leg stands. | 2.5254 | 1.41855 |
Spank the small bottom, if you don’t want to spank a big one. | 2.4407 | 1.48871 |
Woman cares for a man only when she sees him. | 2.3729 | 1.40072 |
Meek lamb sucks two mothers. | 2.3559 | 1.28335 |
Even if the man brings in with both hands full, when the woman takes out with just a little finger, the house will always be empty. | 2.3220 | 1.35749 |
Woman always says “Give me, husband”, and never “Give me, God”. | 2.0847 | 1.29039 |
Let your son marry when you like to, and give your daughter to marriage when she is asked for. | 2.0339 | 1.40155 |
Make him marry to restrain his fury. | 1.8475 | 1.12669 |
If you don’t slap a woman’s neck once a week, she will not stay in the nest. | 1.7966 | 1.31017 |
Woman shall not know and say too much. | 1.6949 | 1.19271 |