262 Sayings of Cypriot Origin

1. "The thorn gives forth a rose." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "A man with a load gets used up by a woman with a spoon." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "We must convince by reason, not prescribe by tradition." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "He who dislikes hammering doesn't go to the blacksmith." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "He thought he could catch birds with his mouth." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "If I tell you it means I know something." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "Where it rains it shows, where it snows it whitens." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "Everything in its season and the crow in August." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "That sort of head needs that sort of razor." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "Good weather, fresh beans." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "We've made a hole in the water." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "He who doesn't look where he's going will fall into the well." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "One says to the other, I'm the best." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "He who can't beat the donkey beats the saddle." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "It is I who built you, my oven, and it is I who'll knock you down." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "The fool feels neither cold or heat, nor does he tire or break." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "A fine day is apparent in the morning." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "A priest with time on his hands buries even the living." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "The devil had no work so fucked his children." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Does he who is wet fear the rain?" (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "They're cats and dogs." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "They belong in their home and we belong in ours." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "The child of the wise cooks before it hungers." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "The lid rolled and found the cook." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "The one who enters without saying hello or good day, take him to the fair and sell him for whatever you can get; and as for the one who when greeted doesn't reply, give him away at the fair if you see he isn't selling." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "A thoughtless mind causes bad fortune." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Having come to the dance you will dance." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "A child inherits features from seventeen sources." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "Eat a big bite but don't say a big statement." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "It's not Easter every day." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "He who is high and proud is toppled by God." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "When you see its trail don't seek the snake." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "With a relative, eat, drink, but never do business." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "After a year and a month, all there is to show is a small ball of wool." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "I command my cat and she commands her kittens." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "He's having a festival in his head." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "When your neighbor got the itches you too must seek the remedy." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "He who hasn't seen mountains and castles is amazed by the sight of an oven." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "A dog barks where it eats." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "A lazy donkey is an over-laden donkey." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "Let me be with my friend in grief and my enemy in joy." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "He who has no shame owns the whole world." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "Do a good deed and cast it to sea." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "Look at the mother before marrying the daughter." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "If God listened to the crow He would cause donkeys to die every day." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "For a flea he burns the blanket." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "He who's unhappy in the morning is unhappy all day." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Can you give a fool brains?" (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "How you train a cat and dog is how you have them." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "Don't fret about clothes or bread." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "The eggs went and so did the basket." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "Let's drink and God will pay." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "We're hungry and lean." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "When the slave is to blame the slave gets beaten; when the master is to blame the slave gets beaten." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "He who digs a grave for another falls in it himself." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "The thief shouts to frighten the householder." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "The bride's getting ready but the groom has no idea." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "Each fool has his own mind." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "Hit the nail and you hit the horseshoe." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "The fool fell asleep and dreamt a foolish dream." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "The lazy donkey always overloads himself." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "To experience is to learn." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "Take all advice but follow your own." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "Wherever you find me, wherever I find you, Friday we'll meet in Nicosia." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "The fox was hiding but its tail could be seen." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "The way you made your bed is the way you'll sleep." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "He who gathers honey licks his fingers." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "Better shoes from home even if they're tattered." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "Learn the truth from a fool or a child." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "It's my donkey and I can tie it where I please." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "Where there's a tree there's shade." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "He who agrees to the seed doesn't argue at the harvest." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "The response to a fool is silence." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "If the child doesn't cry, the mother won't feed it." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "He's pulled out both the rope and the post." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "One who's full doesn't believe one who's hungry." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

77. "Love me as I love you, want me as I want you, for there will come a time when you will want and I will not." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

78. "Breadsticks fall to those without teeth." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

79. "We must see each other lest we forget each other." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

80. "Whatever rains let it fall." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

81. "I'd rather lose my eye than my good name." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

82. "What has my creator left and what is there for death to take?" (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

83. "God torments those He loves." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

84. "A well-carved stone always has its place." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

85. "Where the goat leaps the kid will follow." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

86. "There are those who have it and lose it and those who have nothing and make it." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

87. "A good village needs no guide." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

88. "A good understanding makes good friends." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

89. "Run, uncle, and I'll catch you; walk and I'll watch you." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

90. "With company even death is sweet." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

91. "When you see food, eat and when you see work flee." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

92. "When you find a fig pick it up." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

93. "Come, granddad, let me show you your vineyards." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

94. "Some succeed with effort, others with manners." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

95. "He's become both father and godfather." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

96. "Only the cannon can sort it out." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

97. "He wants the bread whole and the dog fed." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

98. "He who denies the cat bread has his clothes eaten by mice." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

99. "It's not the robes that make the priest but the priest the robes." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

100. "A walnut from every walnut-tree." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

101. "Bolt your door so as not to make a thief of your neighbor." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

102. "Give me your husband, madam, and you go seek another." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

103. "Friday's mirth is Saturday's grief." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

104. "One hand washes the other and the two wash the face." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

105. "God wants those he loves close to Him." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

106. "Mountains are used to snow." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

107. "When your garden's dry don't pour water in other gardens." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

108. "Everyone has his pain." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

109. "However much is above ground is also below." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

110. "A slipped tongue speaks the truth." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

111. "The thief succeeds once, the thief succeeds twice, the third time is his comeuppance day." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

112. "If you don't oil the wheel it won't turn." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

113. "We won't live as long as the mountains." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

114. "Talk little for a sweet life." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

115. "We've eaten the ox and only the tail remains." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

116. "He beats the bride to frighten the mother-in-law." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

117. "With a pure heart you can go where you please." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

118. "The fly fell into the milk." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

119. "The good captain shows himself in a storm." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

120. "That's cucumbers from marjoram." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

121. "What's past is forgotten." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

122. "He settled down like soft water." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

123. "Fire burns where it strikes." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

124. "Big boat, big storm." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

125. "It's my name day today, yours tomorrow." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

126. "Better late than never." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

127. "They got the fox to mind the hens." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

128. "They took us to water and brought us back thirsty." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

129. "Where there are many cocks the dawn comes late." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

130. "Blood does not become water." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

131. "Either marry very young or go young into a monastery." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

132. "Take care so that God takes care of you." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

133. "The mirror will show you whatever you show it." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

134. "Go slowly to arrive quickly." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

135. "Teacher, you instructed but failed to obey." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

136. "The mother loses her child and the child its mother." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

137. "We went as fools and came back as arch-fools." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

138. "He made a camel out of the flea." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

139. "Don't bother the snake and it won't bite you." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

140. "I was seeking you in heaven and found you on earth." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

141. "Each type of wood knows its own smoke." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

142. "He who drinks wine on debt gets drunk twice." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

143. "Go early to work and be home in good time." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

144. "In everything moderation is best." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

145. "One priest can't say mass in two churches." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

146. "Dance, Mrs. Maru, but keep an eye on the child." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

147. "When God wants to get rid of an ant He gives it wings to fly." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

148. "I wish neither to see the devil nor to make the sign of the cross." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

149. "Full stomach, hard cock." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

150. "We've abandoned our harvest to pick out hemp seeds." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

151. "The liar and the thief rejoice in the first year only." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

152. "Does a raven take out a raven's eye?" (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

153. "Bathe a dog, wash a dog, still it stinks of dog." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

154. "An egg cracks an egg." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

155. "When you have a neighbor you have God." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

156. "We kept saying our pig was good and it turned out bad." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

157. "Honor is priceless and joy to him who has it." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

158. "Life without friends is death without mourners." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

159. "The end sanctifies the means." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

160. "He who has it easy never marries." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

161. "I'll blind them to sell, and you look closely to buy." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

162. "The whole world's ending and the fanny's combing itself." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

163. "The wise man became the fool's donkey." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

164. "He who doesn't heed his parent sleeps in the corner." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

165. "You tell me, I'll tell you and so we'll pass the time." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

166. "Go absent and your luck goes absent too." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

167. "Map of Cyprus with the flag." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

168. "He who loses in money wins in love." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

169. "The wheel has turned." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

170. "He's afraid to shit lest he goes hungry." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

171. "Extol a small donkey, ride a big one." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

172. "A cunning woman will lead a man astray, and if he's uneducated she'll teach him to chant." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

173. "Eating brings on your appetite." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

174. "If my grandma had balls I'd call her granddad." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

175. "Death keeps coming round but I send him back. I'll marry off my grandchildren and then I'll welcome him." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

176. "Rain is innocent." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

177. "Better to have five in the hand than to wait for ten." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

178. "A virtuous woman is always praised." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

179. "We've drowned in a glass of water." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

180. "If you see a couple getting on well, you know it's down to one of them." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

181. "He who has a brain let him understand." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

182. "They called him mad and he went mad completely." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

183. "The far have become near." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

184. "The reaper earned a reputation and fell asleep." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

185. "Does only Vogolos's son have black oxen?" (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

186. "Give the baker bread to eat for he deserves it." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

187. "An aimless mind means twice the work." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

188. "One woman is owed to you by God." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

189. "The sufferer is the doctor." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

190. "He's small but he's a rock." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

191. "They gave the peasant rope and he got on the bed with his boots." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

192. "The honey fell into the sugar." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

193. "The last in line is either lucky or unlucky." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

194. "One swallow doesn't bring the spring." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

195. "They showed us one thing and stuffed us with another." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

196. "The donkey brought them to us and the donkey ate them." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

197. "A hungry bear doesn't dance." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

198. "A pot may go to the well many times but one day it will break." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

199. "He who wants a lot loses what little he has." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

200. "Don't shake your legs before you've mounted." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

201. "Lay to rest the anger of the night till the morning." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

202. "Give the fool a sausage and he tells you it's bent." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

203. "The one not dancing knows lots of songs." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

204. "Don't overburden the good donkey." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

205. "An ill-matched couple is a barren field." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

206. "Truth and oil always rise above." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

207. "The fox saw chickens in its sleep." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

208. "They promised us oven-loads of breadsticks." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

209. "She wants a husband and she wants him now." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

210. "A bad year goes but a bad neighbor doesn't." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

211. "Some sow and reap, others eat and cavort." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

212. "The ancients fasted to say these things." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

213. "They're asking us for an ox and a donkey." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

214. "So that they miss you, delay before they see you." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

215. "He who's in pain goes to the doctor, and he who's thirsty to the well." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

216. "We went to tell and got told." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

217. "Don't fear for the tree that leans for it won't break." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

218. "The talk of many drives a man mad." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

219. "The pot rolled and found its lid." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

220. "Take it in through one ear and out the other." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

221. "When you find your saint light your candle." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

222. "He rises to the top like oil." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

223. "Each child brings its own fortune." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

224. "Take care so that God takes care of you." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

225. "Same race, same face." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

226. "Whoever can consume, consumes." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

227. "Give the thief the key." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

228. "Among dry wood the fresh shoot also burns." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

229. "A child needs encouragement so that it can grow wise with time." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

230. "Don't covet earth for it's earth that will consume us." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

231. "Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what kind of man you are." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

232. "We have no bread to eat yet we seek a radish." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

233. "Where you hear of many figs take a small basket." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

234. "A mountain doesn't mix with a mountain." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

235. "He who's been burnt blows even on yogurt." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

236. "He bites one (of his fingers) and they all hurt." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

237. "The children eat the fruit and the father sleeps on the peel." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

238. "Now that we've taught our donkey not to eat, it's died." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

239. "A clear sky fears no lightning." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

240. "A fish rots from the head." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

241. "Whatever befalls the priest let it befall the priest's wife." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

242. "With fish and a woman you need to use fingers." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

243. "Sense comes with age." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

244. "He looks at me like a goat at a knife." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

245. "Every obstacle is for the good." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

246. "He's eaten his bread and drunk his water." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

247. "Why should I peel broad beans for you to eat?" (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

248. "He who mixes with bran gets eaten by the hens." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

249. "Don't throw a stone at the village so that the village won't throw a stone at you." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

250. "He who loses an old coat seeks one that's new." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

251. "What wind has blown to bring you here?" (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

252. "The fool threw a rock in the well and a thousand clever men went to pull it out." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

253. "Tie your donkey (first) and (worry about other things) later." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

254. "A fool may have no sense but he has legs." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

255. "Two who laugh know something, one who laughs is mad." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

256. "Take a big bite but refrain from big talk." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

257. "He fries my liver in my own fat." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

258. "Can a pig's tail be straightened?" (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

259. "A piss without a fart is a wedding without a violin." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

260. "The rabbit has different eyes than the owl's." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

261. "Learn a trade and hang it on a post." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet

 

262. "Love moves even the mountains." (Cypriot Sayings) Click to tweet