Abkhaz proverbs
· The more you put into a cart, the more it begins to creak.
· Having counted upon the neighbouring men, the girl who was married came back home.
· During lifetime his relatives idolized him, and now he has died there is nobody to bury him.
· If poverty sticks to you, it will remain with you till the end of your life.
· Even the toad hopes that one day its teeth will appear.
· Infection stops an infection.
· Even having four legs, the horse can still stumble.
· Having feared death, he was buried alive.
· The nose mediates between the eyes.
· The wolf’s tail knows what the head is thinking about.
· When a son was born to the forester, there were no boards for a cradle.
· That buffalo which was stolen gave four buckets of milk a day.
· Even though the crow had a curved leg, it was the first which managed to fly off.
· They only found the road when it turned the cart over.
· When the beggar was given flour, he asked for a pot as well.
· The small key opens the big door.
· If a person doesn’t want to, he won’t notice pebbles even on the beach.
· It is easier to stop the rain than a girl who is going to get married..
· If you shout into a jug, it will shout back at you.
· The drunk was cured by wine .
· He was bitten by a snake he had pulled out from a fire.
• He who did not cope with a horse whipped the saddle.
