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Latest comment: 1 year ago by Peace and Passion in topic A bunch of stuff pulled from this article
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[edit]- If you can provide a precise and verifiable source for any quote on this list please move it to Wind.
- اتق الأحمق أن تصحبه إنما الأحمق كالثوب الخلق كلما رقعت منه جانبا صفقته الريح وهنا فانخرق
- Arabic proverb
- Literally: Be aware of the idiot, for he is like an old dress. Every time you patch it, the wind will tear it back again.
- إذا هَبَّتْ رياحك فاغتنمها
- Arabic proverb
- Literally: If a wind blows, ride it!
- Figuratively: If a chance comes, take advantage of it.
- 空 穴 来 风 未 必 无 因
- Chinese proverb
- Literally: If the wind comes from an empty cave, it's not without a reason.
- Figuratively: There is no smoke without fire.
- 见 风 转 舵
- Chinese proverb
- Literally: See the wind, turn the rudder
- Figuratively: Change one's technique or goal when having difficulties.
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- Chinese proverb
- Lietrally:
- Figuratively: When the wind of change blows, some people build walls, others build windmills.
- Wie wind zaait, zal storm oogsten.
- Dutch proverb - that is from the Bible, Hosea 8:7
- Literally: He who seeds wind, shall harvest storm.
- Figuratively: Who causes trouble, will be a victim of trouble.
- Hoge bomen vangen veel wind
- Dutch proverb
- Literally: High trees catch lots of wind.
- Figuratively: The more important the person the more criticism they get.
- Hann fær byr, ið bíðar, og havn, ið rør.
- Faroese proverb
- Literally: He gets wind in his sails who waits, and harbour who rows.
- Figuratively: You reap what you sow.
- qoH vuvbe' SuS
- Fictional Klingon proverb
- Literally: The wind does not respect a fool.
- باد آورده را باد میبرد
- Persian proverb
- Literally: What wind giveth, wind taketh away.
- Água e vento são meio sustento.
- Portuguese proverb
- Literally: Water and wind are [already] half your share.
- Figuratively: You're alive, that's not bad at all, you can go for the rest now.
- Ищи́ ве́тра в по́ле.
- Russian proverb
- Literally: Look for wind in a field.
- Figuratively: What's lost cannot be found.
- Fa'amatagi
- Samoan proverb
- Literally: From the direction of the wind.
- Figuratively: Tell the story from the beginning.
- Eisd ri gaoth nam beann gus an traoigh na h-uisgeachan.
- Scottish Gaelic proverb
- Literally: Listen to the mountain wind, till the streams abate.
- Alçak yerde yatma sel alır, yüksek yerde yatma yel alır.
- Turkish proverb
- Literally: Don't lie down in low places, flood will take you, don't lie down in high places, wind will take you.
- Figuratively: Danger lies in extremes, stay casual.
A bunch of stuff pulled from this article
[edit]A bunch of quotes were pulled out of this article (i.e., deleted here) to put in articles on the "North Wind," "West Wind," "East Wind," and "South Wind." This seems like a really odd choice.... While it could be debated if articles as specific as those are needed, why not leave the material in this article, as this is a more sensible place for people to look. Cannibalizing general articles to produce rather narrow articles doesn't seem right. Not the best analogy, but I wouldn't go to the article about Weather and break it into a "Cold Weather" and a "Warm Weather" article, even though these are conceptually different.... Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 05:38, 2 February 2023 (UTC)