All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet
Everyone wants success, but many lack the self-discipline to become successful. They might hope in luck, but fortune favours the bold.
Everyone wants success, but many lack the self-discipline to become successful. They might hope in luck, but fortune favours the bold.
Just because you have lost one good opportunity, that does not mean that you will never get another.
It doesn’t do to be too curious or inquisitive.
Here the verb 'to cry' means 'to offer for sale in the street'. Barrow-boys cry fruit: 'Fine ripe strawberries!' Flower-girls cry flowers:... Read more →
The best fish swim near the bottom and they are therefore the most difficult to catch. Nothing is really worth having if it can be got without... Read more →
A professional fisherman can find some use for all the fish he pulls out of he sea, he cannot afford to be too particular. The proverb advises... Read more →