The matchmaker gets three cups of wine when he succeeds and three slaps on the cheek when he fails.

More Korean Proverbs

• Two heads are better than one.
• A sheet of paper is lighter if two of you don’t try to carry it.
• A kitchen knife cannot carve its own handle.
• Woman was born three days earlier than the devil.
• A newborn baby has no fear of tigers.
• Man’s mind changes throughout the course of a day.
• An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
• A great river does not refuse any small streams.
• The parish priest forgets that he was once a parish clerk.
• There is always a way out.
• Honesty is the best policy.
• The person who knows himself and his opponent will be invincible.
• Look before you leap.
• Even if you know the way, ask one more time.
• Better late than never.
• When you have three daughters, you sleep with the door open.
• Going day is the fair day.
• What goes up must come down.
• The pot calling the kettle black.
• Carve the peg by looking at the hole.
• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
• What looks good tastes good.
• Even if you encounter a stone bridge, tap it first before crossing.
• No pain, no gain.
• The person who has many faults is usually the first to criticize others.
• One moment is worth more than a thousand gold pieces.
• A soft answer turns away wrath.