The Donkey in Cypriot Adages
The Donkey in Cypriot Adages
The
lazy donkey carries a big load (a lazy
person tries to carry or do everything at once rather than carry a more
manageable load or doing something more simply)
He
doesn't know how to split the bail of hay between two donkeys (someone
who is so stupid)
Does
the donkey know how to eat parsley? (someone
who does not know how to enjoy a good thing)
The
donkey told the rooster that he has a big head (someone
who criticizes someone else for having the same or more serious faults)
The
guy cannot hit the donkey, so he hits the saddle (someone
who chooses to beat on someone who is weak, rather than the person he
is angry with)
They
told the donkey to pause and so he farted (someone
who doesn't know how to do things right)
The
white donkey can be spotted from the distance (someone
who stands out)
We
go wherever the donkey takes us and wherever our brain brings us (a
situation where we don't know what we are doing)
Others
are born by a mother, we are born by a donkey (why
others have good luck, and we have bad luck or are poor)
The
donkey who intervened from next door (someone
who gave his unwelcomed two-cents worth)
Two
donkeys were fighting over somebody else's food (two
people fighting over something that doesn't belong to them)
Whoever
takes someone else's donkey gets stranded in the middle of the way (someone
who takes someone else's work and it back fires)
He's
a complete donkey (someone who is rude
and crude)