53 CAUSE – EFFECT
1 The sign-board brings the custom FRANCE
2 A bad thing that does no harm is the same as a good one that does no good GERMANY
3 The big toe never does the ear any harm NIGERIA
4 We get the note by striking the string INDIA
5 A waiting appetite kindles many a spite ENGLAND
6 Too much discussion will lead to a row CÔTE D’IVOIRE
7 Justice becomes injustice when it makes two wounds on a head which only deserves one REPUBLIC OF CONGO
8 Many drops make a puddle NETHERLANDS
9 One pebble doesn’t make a floor NIGERIA
10 Money makes the world go round USA
11 Familiarity breeds contempt ENGLAND
12 To always win brings suspicion, to always lose brings contempt GERMANY
13 Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles USA
14 What makes one abbot glad makes another abbot sad SCOTLAND
15 Practice makes perfect ENGLAND
16 Cheese and bread make the cheeks red GERMANY
17 It takes two blows to make a battle ENGLAND
18 The second word makes the fray JAPAN
19 Beauty does not make the pot boil IRELAND
20 A smooth way makes the foot slip ESTONIA
21 Good words make us laugh; good deeds make us silent FRANCE
22 One swallow does not make a summer ENGLAND
23 There’s nothing like being bespattered for making someone defy the gutter FRANCE
24 A fire in the heart makes smoke in the head GERMANY
25 The art of being a merchant consists more in getting paid than in making sales SPAIN
26 Strange bread makes the cheeks red SWITZERLAND
27 It takes two to make a quarrel ENGLAND
28 Two things make one either greater or smaller, praise and shadows GERMANY
29 God preserve us from pitch-forks, for they make three holes SWITZERLAND
30 It is the turning of the mill that makes the flour heap INDIA
31 Peace makes money and money makes war FRANCE
32 Small cares make many words, great ones are mute GERMANY
33 A coward’s fear makes a brave man braver SCOTLAND
34 A fall into a ditch makes you wiser CHINA
35 From fried eggs come no chickens USA
36 A young doctor makes a full graveyard CHINA
37 Absence makes the heart grow fonder ENGLAND
38 A crooked log makes a good fire FRANCE
39 The sweetest wine makes the sharpest vinegar GERMANY
40 A borrowed drum never makes good dancing HAITI
41 At birth we cry – at death we see why BULGARIA
42 Straps come from the same leather ARGENTINA
43 Good juice from fruit comes without squeezing IRAN
44 Slowness comes from God and quickness from the devil MOROCCO
45 Out of old fields come new grain USA
46 A beautiful disorder is an effect of art FRANCE
47 God does not shave – why should I? BULGARIA
48 Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying SWITZERLAND
49 It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins CHINA
50 Set a thief to catch a thief ENGLAND
54 STRENGTH – WEAKNESS
1 Take away the wife of a strong man only when he is out UGANDA
2 Community is as strong as water, and as stupid as a pig RUSSIA
3 The one who is not strong enough to lift the stone must roll it ESTONIA
4 The dog on three legs ain’t always lame USA
5 Truth is greater than ten goats NIGERIA
6 Habit hardens the feet NETHERLANDS
7 Pray devoutly but hammer stoutly ENGLAND
8 Strong people can spin their top in the sand JAPAN
9 Good nature is stronger than tomahawks USA
10 The throwers of stones fling away the strength of their own arms NIGERIA
11 A chain is as strong as its weakest link ENGLAND
12 Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable KENYA
13 A habit is first cobwebs, then cables USA
14 The third strand makes the cable NETHERLANDS
15 Too much tying loosens SYRIA
16 A barren sow was never good to pigs ENGLAND
17 Pull gently at a weak rope NETHERLANDS
18 It’s a great life if you don’t weaken USA
19 An axe with a loose head is the bane of a man up a tree NIGERIA
20 A shadow is a feeble thing but no sun can drive it away SWEDEN
55 PRODUCTION
1 A basket-maker who makes one basket makes a hundred BRAZIL
2 More than one mother can make tasty soup NIGERIA
3 Crab apples make good jelly too USA
4 No more leaves can fall in autumn than were grown in spring GERMANY
5 Make hay while the sun shines ENGLAND
6 A hundred men may make an encampment, but it needs a woman to make a home CHINA
7 One cannot make soup out of beauty ESTONIA
8 Not every sort of wood is fit to make an arrow FRANCE
9 Sweat makes good mortar GERMANY
10 The wise make proverbs but fools repeat them ENGLAND
11 Words do not make flour ITALY
12 They wouldn’t make erasers if we didn’t make mistakes USA
13 Neither break a law nor make one IRELAND
14 A hat is not made for one shower ENGLAND
15 It isn’t every kind of wood that can make a whistle LATVIA
16 It is easy to make pipes sitting amongst bulrushes CZECH REPUBLIC
17 There’s no making apples of plums GERMANY
18 Cooks make their own sauce FRANCE
19 Any wood will do to make a signpost GREECE
20 You can’t make a cheap palace USA
21 Every chimney makes its own smoke ITALY
22 The devil makes pots, but not always lids ITALY: SARDINIA
23 Those who change their trade make soup in a basket ENGLAND
24 Every plate that is made breaks AFGHANISTAN
25 A maker of idols is never an idol-worshipper CHINA
26 Every work revenges itself on its master GERMANY
27 A father is a banker provided by nature FRANCE
28 Two pieces of meat confuse the mind of the fly NIGERIA
29 Good things sell themselves; bad things have to be advertised ETHIOPIA
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