Water Proverbs: Asia and the Pacific: International Year of Freshwater 2003

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Water Proverbs: Asia and the Pacific

Below is a list of Water Proverbs from Asia and the Pacific. If you have additional proverbs to add to this list please email them to us.

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Proverbs

A child without a mother is like a fish in shallow water.
Geographical origin Mynamar

A coconut shell full of water is a sea to an ant.
Geographical origin India

En buvant l'eau du puits, n'oubliez pas ceux qui l'ont creusé.
Geographical origin Chine

Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like water soaking into the sand.
Geographical origin Japan

Heaven is dark and yet out of it streams clear water.
Geographical origin Afghanistan

In shallow waters, shrimps make fools of dragons.
Geographical origin China

Le jeu d'échecs est un lac, dans lequel peut se baigner un moucheron et se noyer un éléphant.
Geographical origin Inde

No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
Ethnic group Taoist

One cannot manage too many affairs; like pumpkins in water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other.
Geographical origin China

The army is the poison and the people are the water in which the poison is mixed.
Geographical origin Vietnam

The buffalo that arrive late will have to drink muddy water and eat dried grass.
Geographical origin Vietnam

There are three things that refresh the heart and reduce your grief water, flowers, and a beautiful woman.
Ethnic group Sanscrit

Water in the mouth before eating; water in the eyes when the bill comes.
Geographical origin Tibet

When having a party, go first; when walking in the water, go after
Geographical origin Vietnam

With water make rivers, with rice make armies.
Geographical origin Cambodia

Words are mere bubbles of water; deeds are drops of gold.
Geographical origin Tibet

You cannot separate water by beating it with a fork.
Geographical origin India

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