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THE ENGLISH PROVERBS
Mustafizur rRhman:
Actions speak louder than words
=What a person actually does is more important than what they say they will do.
Mustafizur rRhman:
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
=People of all origins who share the same misfortune are drawn together.
Mustafizur rRhman:
After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a while.
=Dinner is called 'lunch' nowadays, and supper has become 'dinner'.
Mustafizur rRhman:
All cats are grey in the dark.
=People are undistinguished until they have made a name for themselves.
Mustafizur rRhman:
All covet, all lose
=If you try to obtain everything, you risk losing everything.
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