Bulgarian Proverbs

Bandage up your finger and take a walk in the village to see how many medical people you will meet. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Bandage up your finger and take a walk in the village to see how many medical people you will meet.

Water washes up everything but shame. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Water washes up everything but shame.

I gave up smoking, smoking would not give me up. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

I gave up smoking, smoking would not give me up.

Blessed wine, cursed drinking. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Blessed wine, cursed drinking.

He that feels sorry for the shoe, loses the horse. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

He that feels sorry for the shoe, loses the horse.

If you are going to drown, do not try it in shallow water. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

If you are going to drown, do not try it in shallow water.

Wait horse for green grass. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Wait horse for green grass.

Grapes do not grow in a willow tree. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Grapes do not grow in a willow tree.

Death is closer than the shirt. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Death is closer than the shirt.

If the priest is used to get drunk, the people do not sober at all. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

If the priest is used to get drunk, the people do not sober at all.

Whip the saddle and give the mule something to think about it. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Whip the saddle and give the mule something to think about it.

You can take a horse to water, but you can not make him drink. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

You can take a horse to water, but you can not make him drink.

If you break the fast, better eat pork, not curds. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

If you break the fast, better eat pork, not curds.

If you can’t beat em, join em. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

If you can’t beat em, join em.

If you want to annoy the devil stay silent. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

If you want to annoy the devil stay silent.

If you want to drown yourself, don’t torture yourself with shallow water. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

If you want to drown yourself, don’t torture yourself with shallow water.

Dead horses can’t kick. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Dead horses can’t kick.

Where shepherds are lots, sheep are lost. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Where shepherds are lots, sheep are lost.

Not every nun becomes mother superior. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Not every nun becomes mother superior.

There is no boneless fish. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

There is no boneless fish.

When a bulgar gets rich he builds himself another house. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

When a bulgar gets rich he builds himself another house.

He who steals the minaret shall find a case to hide it. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

He who steals the minaret shall find a case to hide it.

The sparrows quarrel over somebody else’s millet. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

The sparrows quarrel over somebody else’s millet.

The crow pecks at the ox to clean it — not to feed from it. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

The crow pecks at the ox to clean it — not to feed from it.

Draw water from the new well, but do not spit in the old one. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Draw water from the new well, but do not spit in the old one.

A word makes no hole, a pinch tears no underskirt. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

A word makes no hole, a pinch tears no underskirt.

He that wills not to feed a cat feeds the mice. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

He that wills not to feed a cat feeds the mice.

A word about to be spoken is like a stone that is ready to be thrown. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

A word about to be spoken is like a stone that is ready to be thrown.

A song belongs to no one. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

A song belongs to no one.

A single hand cannot wash itself even in the danube river. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

A single hand cannot wash itself even in the danube river.

When given a kingdom, the gypsy asks: what about bread? Bulgarian Proverbs Image

When given a kingdom, the gypsy asks: what about bread?

Let the man who has suffered ask it — not the man who has travelled. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Let the man who has suffered ask it — not the man who has travelled.

Life is a stairway – some are going up, others are going down. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Life is a stairway – some are going up, others are going down.

With one bullet – two rabbits. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

With one bullet – two rabbits.

Why should I shave when God doesn’t? Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Why should I shave when God doesn’t?

The chicken teaches the hen to lay eggs. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

The chicken teaches the hen to lay eggs.

Take a big bite, but don’t say a big word. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

Take a big bite, but don’t say a big word.

It is easier to fondle lassies, than to cut timbers. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

It is easier to fondle lassies, than to cut timbers.

One learns as long as one lives and still dies a fool. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

One learns as long as one lives and still dies a fool.

The first glass is for health, the second – for joy, the third – for fun, the fourth – for madness. Bulgarian Proverbs Image

The first glass is for health, the second – for joy, the third – for fun, the fourth – for madness.

More to Explore.

Teaching Quotes

Teaching Quotes

Martinique Proverbs

Martinique Proverbs

Letting Go Quotes

Letting Go Quotes

Get Well Soon Quotes

Get Well Soon Quotes

Savoyard Proverbs

Savoyard Proverbs

Albanian Proverbs

Albanian Proverbs

Debt Quotes

Debt Quotes

Sarcastic Quotes

Sarcastic Quotes