More Korean Proverbs
- Birds of a feather flock together.
- Useful trees are cut down first.
- There is no use in crying over spilled milk.
- You cannot strike a face that is smiling.
- Clothes make the man.
- Even monkeys may fall from trees.
- You will hate a beautiful song if you sing it often.
- Better to ask the way than to go astray.
- Anyone who goes hungry for three days will be inclined to steal.
- You reap what you sow.
- Starting is half the task.
- Better in the grave than be a slave.
- The thief hates the moon.
- A fish wouldn’t get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
- After three years at a village schoolhouse, even a dog can recite a poem.
- Even a monk can’t shave his own head.
- Put something off for one day, and ten days will pass.
- Don’t rain on someone’s parade.
- The new replaces the old.
- The bad calligrapher is choosy about his brushes.
- From rags to riches.
- Even if the sky falls on you, there is a hole that you can escape from.
- One good turn deserves another.
- In the valley where there are no tigers the hare is king.
- Tap even a stone bridge before crossing.
- Carve a peg only after you have observed the hole.
- It is like a blind man describing an elephant.