Popular Sayings Every Child Should Know
Proverbs are part of the History and Folklore of a people or nation: they are popular sayings. All have a meaning from which we can draw a moral that serves us as advice. Sharing this wisdom with our children is giving them the opportunity to learn new things in a simple way.
Here we have made for you a compilation of some of the main popular sayings so that you can tell them to your children and explain their meaning to them. That way you’ll give them a great life lesson in one afternoon.
Popular sayings and their meanings
1. Bad vase doesn’t break
Meaning: evil will always exist.
2. The worst blind is the one who doesn’t want to see
Meaning: not listening to reasons, motives or warnings about what is happening is worse than not knowing.
3. You are more lost than blind in shooting
Meaning: not being able to make a decision
4. Enter the wolf’s lair
Meaning: meddling in confusion or dangerous terrain.
5. Blacksmith’s house, wooden skewer
Meaning: A person who is skilled at a certain thing does not use that skill to his advantage.
6. Who knows how to do it, who does not know how to teach
Meaning: if you are a professional at what you do, it doesn’t matter the
obstacles
that appear ahead.
7. Taste is not discussed
Meaning: each person is unique and has their own tastes and particularities.
8. Practice makes the master
Meaning: the more you practice and gain experience, the better you will understand what happens.
9. Appearances can be deceiving
Meaning: although a person dresses up or puts on a lot of makeup, what is on the outside is not reality.
10. If you let it, the donkey rides
Meaning: We cannot trust people we don’t know because they can take advantage of us.
11. Better a bird in the hand than two in the bush
Meaning: you’re better off staying and relying on what’s guaranteed and yours than wanting what’s out of your reach and risking losing everything.
12. Kill the snake and show the stick
Meaning: a
example
enough to demonstrate the truth.
13. Pay attention to the smallest details
Meaning: small things or things that seem unimportant also have to be taken into account.
14. There is no evil that always lasts or good that does not end
Meaning: it is better to have a little, but that it is good, that much that is bad.
15. Whoever has a mouth goes to Rome
Meaning: if we want something we have to look for the means to get it, it’s no use just waiting.
16. Killing two birds with one stone
Meaning: solving one thing, we solve everything.
17. Not everything that glitters is gold
Meaning: not everything that appears is.
18. If you don’t have a dog, hunt with a cat
Meaning: we must conform to what we have.
19. Dogs bark and caravan passes
Meaning: we don’t have to care what people say about us, because, of course, what they say has nothing to do with reality.
20. As long as there is life, there is hope
Meaning: if something went wrong, we have to move forward with a positive attitude.
21. It’s no use crying over spilled milk
Meaning: it is necessary to assume the consequences of their actions.
22. Whoever tells a story, increases one point
Meaning: each person has their own version or point of view.
23. Son of fish, fish is
Meaning: it is said when two relatives look a lot like each other.
24. Better late than never
Meaning: it is better to do something late, but do it, than never do it.
25. God helps early risers
Meaning: if you put in the effort and work hard, you will get the results you wanted.
26. Hollow words, deaf ears
Meaning: we must not listen to those who want to harm us.
27. God does not give greater burden to those who cannot carry
Meaning: no matter how bad the situation, there is always a way out.
28. There are evils that come to the good
Meaning: everything happens so that something good comes later.
29. After the storm comes the calm
Meaning: every bad phase comes to an end.
30. Wanting is power
Meaning: if you want something, just go after what you want.
31. Talking is silver, being silent is gold
Meaning: everyone can make mistakes.
32. One hand washes the other
Meaning: if you
help
someone, that person will return the favor.
33. The fish dies through the mouth
Meaning: we should not talk or tell too much.
34. A wounded love heals with another
Meaning: it is used when we are sad because something went wrong and we try to do it again and another way. It is often used when a couple relationship goes wrong.
35. What counts is the intention
Meaning: often, as much as we want to do something, we can’t, but at least we try.
36. Do not mix apples and garlic
Meaning: we must tell things as they really are.
37. Everyone has the child they deserve
Meaning: sometimes, the children or the people we bring up are ungrateful to us, even though we have always sought the best for them.
38. Anyone who sees a face, does not see a heart
Meaning: We only observe appearances, not reality.
39. The voice of the people is the voice of God
Meaning: highlights the wisdom of those who tell popular sayings.
40. In a closed mouth, no flies
Meaning: sometimes it’s better to be silent than to say everything we think.
41. Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today
Meaning: it’s better to leave the
tasks
in day.
42. Dog that barks a lot does not bite
Meaning: those who speak and are very presumptuous, when it comes to the truth they usually do nothing.
43. The world goes around
Meaning: refers to the
karma
of people. In the end, we all paid for what we did.
44. A gifted horse does not look its teeth
Meaning: we must not highlight the defects of what was given to us as a gift or what came for free.
45. Here it is done, here it is paid
Meaning: if you did any harm to someone, you will pay for it.
46. Never speak: I will not drink this water
Meaning: don’t say you’ll never do anything in life, because maybe someday you’ll end up doing it.
47. Whoever wants everything, loses everything
Meaning: whoever wants to do many things at the same time, in the end cannot do anything.
48. Who laughs last, laughs best
Meaning: time will put everything in its place.
49. Bad for bad, better in jail than in hospital
Meaning: used when someone is happy with someone else’s misfortune, although this does not change their own situation.
50. Whoever wants nothing has
Meaning: it refers to that person who leaves behind many things to have only one thing and, in the end, does not get any.
Don’t miss the opportunity to teach your child popular sayings in a fun way. The proverbs will help you to develop your memorization capacity, will enrich your vocabulary and will allow you to develop in certain situations thanks to these small lessons.
