One proverb many languages

Where proverbs and sayings links to each other across languages.

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

The early bird catches the worm.

Serbian: Ко рано рани, две среће граби / Ko rano rani, dve sreće grabi [co raano raani, dve sreche graabi] - Who wakes up early "catches" double happiness.

Portuguese: Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga. - God helps those who wake up early.

中文: 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃[zao qi de niao er you chong chi]
literally: early bird has worms to eat, but I also heard of sarcasm below
早起的蟲兒被鳥吃 [zao qi de chong er bei niao chi]
literally: early worms get eaten by the bird first

日本語: 早起きは三文の得「はやおきはさんもんのとく」
hayaoki ha sanmonn no toku
literally: waking up early has tripple gain.


1 Comments:

At 11:49 PM , Blogger sisil said...

Hey, sorry I was occupied earlier :) Cool proverb blog!

 

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