You'd be surprised what Persians say to my face. instead of saying that sure I will do it you say eye eye sir. – First prove your brotherhood, then claim inheritance. – It’s better to fly and stay alive than to die a hero. – He pulls a snake out of the nest with his tongue. – There are three kinds of enemy: the enemy himself, the friends of your enemy, and the enemies of your friends. But basically, it's used when you've made a mistake or realized something terribly wrong has happened. – Kettledrum’s sound is nice when heard from afar. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise, follow him. Putting lipstick on a pig doesn’t make it a lady. "Oh no that's Nat true it can have a meaning like ((thank you))....Damet garm means may your breath be warm. – Do not use words that are too big for your mouth. – If you do not like your image in the mirror, do not break the mirror. When you call someone Although this is an extreme saying, it is used quite frequently in the Persian language. – A person is trying to benefit from being close to opposing parties. – When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice.

– If a fool borrows a book cut off his hand; but cut off both hands of the fool who brings it back.

– A snake can change its skin but not its disposition. – Take care lest your tongue should cut off your head.

– Do well the little things now; so shall great things come to thee by and by asking to be done.

– Clothes after the New Year are good for the top of the minaret. – Taking the first step with the good thought, the second with the good word, and the third with the good deed, I enter paradise.

Read and Share Famous Afghan Proverbs With Your Friends on Facebook, Whatsapp etc. – An ungrateful son is a wart on his father’s nose – he leaves it, it’s ugly, he removes it, it hurts. – Women are just like cats, they always land on their feet. – When its time has come, the prey goes to the hunter. – Even if she had seven blind daughters, she’d marry them off in an hour. – He who has a clean account, what fear of calculation does he have? – If the lantern is needed at home, donating it to the mosque is haram (forbidden). – Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done. – A sword in the hands of a drunken slave is less dangerous than science in the hands of the unscrupulous. – A fight in the beginning is better than peace in the end.

3. – The tears of the roasting meat kindle the fire even more. "Dam" in this phrase means breath, as in your breath. – You can close the city gates but not the mouths of men. One day I came across a book of Persian love poems and opened at a random page to check it out. Wise Iranian / Persian sayings in the form of proverbs that have been passed down for generations.“That smells bad,” said the cat about meat that it cannot reach. – Seven sets of ewers and washbowls, but no dinner or lunch. – Look at the colander telling the pierced serving spoon, “You have three holes.” – Look at the strainer that tells the skimmer: You have three holes. When your superior or a high ranking officer gives you an order. – .دوست آن باشد که گیرد دست دوست در پریشان حالی و درماندگی.سکونی بدست آر ای به ثبات, که بر سنگ غلتان نروید نبات – If the teacher be corrupt, the world will be corrupt. – When there are two cooks, the soup will be either too salty or tasteless. – The elephant dreams of one thing, and the elephant driver dreams of another. – If you tell the truth too early, you are laughed at – too late and you are stoned. – The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy. – Death is a camel that lies down at everyone’s door. – Whatever you eat will rot, whatever you give will blossom into a rose. – If regret was a horn, one’s horn would reach the sky. – You only appreciate your father the day you become a father yourself. – This prankster doesn’t stop short of any tricks.

God will reward you in the desert. – It is not from the love of God that the cat catches mice. – You needed this like you needed a hole in the head.

– The strictness of the teacher is better to bear than the prejudice of the father. We decided to make a list of the 11 funniest Persian sayings and translate them literally into English, along with a photo accompaniment of their literal meanings. – This time the situation is completely different. – Why would a pool with no water need so many frogs? – He who sits waiting for his neighbor will go to bed hungry. – He doesn’t see any water; otherwise, he is a skilled swimmer. – He has dealt with so many scoundrels that he himself has become the chief rogue. – ‘Tis the same to him who wears a shoe, as if the whole earth were covered with leather – Travel the highway, though it be roundabout – where shortcuts are dangerous. – History is a mirror of the past, and a lesson for the present. – Year after year we long for (what we left behind) the previous year. – The rich are subjugated by their greed for more riches. – If you exercise patience, you may make a sweet-meat out of the sour grape. – By a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant with a hair. – One pound of learning could require an army of common sense to apply it. – A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair. – Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.