It is a bad plowman that quarrels with his ox.

More Korean Proverbs

• In a place where there is will, there is a road.
• Don’t try to cover the whole sky with the palm of your hand.
• Through old things, we learn new things.
• You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
• A rolling stone gathers no moss.
• Hindsight is 20/20.
• Don’t try to teach a fish how to swim.
• Rome wasn’t built in a day.
• Misery loves company.
• You automatically learn what you expose yourself to.
• Do not draw your sword to kill a fly.
• The bad plowman quarrels with his oxen.
• Well begun is half done.
• Beans come out from where beans are planted, and red beans come out from where red beans are planted.
• It’s often difficult to see what is right in front of you.
• Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important.
• Genius shows itself from an early age.
• If there is a rich man in the area three villages are ruined.
• The matchmaker gets three cups of wine when he succeeds and three slaps on the cheek when he fails.
• A physician’s neighbor is never a doctor.
• To make trouble and then give help.
• No sleep, no dream.
• A hunter’s knife cannot carve its own handle.
• It is hard to get angry at a smiling face.
• Clothes make the man.
• Even monkeys may fall from trees.
• You will hate a beautiful song if you sing it often.