Proverbs

Mean

Std. Deviation

The dog jumps according to the stick.

4.2373

1.23650

Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

4.1186

1.11548

The wolf has a thick neck, because he does his job on his own.

4.0847

1.17866

If you know how to wait, sooner or later your time will come.

3.9661

1.23129

Woman shall be for bad and for good.

3.8136

1.37056

There are two gifts we shall give our children. One is roots and the other is wings.

3.7458

1.40925

You are as good as the company you keep.

3.6441

1.39905

You can build a house on a father’s blessing.

3.6102

1.37737

Spank the small bottom, if you don’t want to spank a big one.

3.5763

1.49946

Don’t laugh too much, because you will cry later.

3.5593

1.31662

Man is the head of the family and woman is its soul.

3.5593

1.36800

Woman is judged by how she keeps the house, and man – by what he brings in.

3.5424

1.45415

Where the dog whelped, there it got its habits.

3.5424

1.30413

Break the snake’s head while it is still small.

3.4746

1.52401

If heart will allow, and hand will not allow, then nothing will follow.

3.4237

1.48792

If there is no fear, there is no shame.

3.4068

1.48694

A curse spoken by father may bury a son.

3.1186

1.52094

Each goat on her own leg stands.

3.0847

1.42983

Meek lamb sucks two mothers.

3.0678

1.48399

I good heart prays to God, a naughty one bitterly cries.

3.0678

1.42471

Man is the master of the house and woman is its adornment.

3.0508

1.50200

Woman has a bag full of tears for everyone.

2.9831

1.46795

He who was married as a joke shall wear his horns.

2.9322

1.65950

Woman cares for a man only when she sees him.

2.8983

1.50511

Let your son marry when you like to, and give your daughter to marriage when she is asked for.

2.8305

1.49888

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.

2.8136

1.58086

Make him marry to restrain his fury.

2.6610

1.42163

Woman shall not know and say too much.

2.6271

1.65985

Woman always says “Give me, husband”, and never “Give me, God”.

2.4915

1.48988

If you don’t slap a woman’s neck once a week, she will not stay in the nest.

2.1356

1.40759