34 Sayings of Yemeni Origin

1. "Pity the stranger, even if he is rich." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "A monkey in its mother's eye is like a gazelle." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "My fist is in his mouth, his fist is in my eye." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "Tie your camel first and have faith in God." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "A white piaster for a black day." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Compete, don't envy." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "A bird in hand is worth ten in a tree." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "A hungry dog will eat his own excrement." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "A sick person is a prisoner." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "A friend in time of need is a friend indeed." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "Whoever does not help himself cannot help others." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "If you give people nuts, you'll get shells thrown at you." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Who dies today is safe from tomorrow's sin." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "Trouble comes to you at the end of night." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "You play with a snake and call it a worm." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "A woman is a woman even if she blows the pipe." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "Work like an ant and you'll eat sugar." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "He, who wants everything, gets nothing." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "If the time has passed, there is no point in preparing." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Every sickness begins in the stomach." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "Sana'a is a "must", however long the journey takes." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Look to your near neighbor rather than to your distant brother." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "If you have honey, don't lick the pot clean." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "A mule driver is not aware of the stink of his animals." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "If speech is of silver, silence is golden." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "He who has all jobs is liar." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "What you sow, so shall you reap." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Out of sight, out of mind." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "From a pound of talk, an ounce of understanding." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "A foreigner should be well-behaved." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "The master of the people is their servant." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "Do not sigh, for your enemy will hear and rejoice." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "He who talks much is not respectable." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "A blind woman dyes a mad one with henna and deaf one listens." (Yemeni Sayings) Click to tweet