Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #25
Arrotz-herri, otso-herri. A foreign land is a land of wolves.
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Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #24
Arranoak lumak behar, txepetxak ere bai. The eagle needs feathers, and the wren does too.
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Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #23
Arian, arian, zehetzen da burnia. Working and working at it, iron can be pulverized.
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Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #22
Ardiak beeka egonik, ez du jaten belarrik. A bleating sheep eats no grass.
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Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #21
Ardi txikia, beti bildots. The small sheep, always a lamb.
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Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #20
Ardi galdua atzeman daiteke, aldi galdua berriz ez. One may recover a lost sheep, but not lost time.
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Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #19
Apaizaren eltzea, txikia baina betea. The priest’s pot is small, but always full.
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Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #18
Zu hor eta ni hemen. Let’s agree to disagree.
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Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #17
Amari egindako zorrak ez dira inoiz ordaintzen. What one owes to one’s mother is never repaid.
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Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #16
Alferrik da, ura joan eta gero, presa egitea. It is useless to hurry once the water has already run by.
