Aħjar bl-aptit inkella bit-tabib
Aħjar bl-aptit inkella bit-tabib
English: Better to have an appetite than need a doctor
Aħrab l-iff, il-puff u l-jaqq għax iġibu wġigħ ta’ żaqq!
Proverb: ‘avoid the iff, the puff and the jaqq (expressions of disgust), because they will cause a belly ache.’
Bagħal magħlub ibegħlen
Proverb: An undernourished ox will foam at the mouth.
Bniedem dagħaj, ftit idum ħaj.
Proverb: ‘A blasphemer will not live long.’
Dak li ġġib fil-qamar, fl-ebda kwart ma jkollu sabar.
Proverb: Whatever is conceived in moonlight, will find no rest during any quarter of the moon’. This proverb springs from an old belief that a child conceived in moonlight was likely to suffer from epilepsy.
Il-għawi ħu l-ġenn
Il-għawi ħu l-ġenn
Il-Mard jidħol bid-debba u joħroġ bin-nemla
Proverb: Illness rides in on a mare and leaves on an ant.
Il-mewt baża’ minnha Alla aħseb u ara aħna!
Proverb: Even God was afraid of death, let alone us.
Il-Ħsieb jaf jifni u jtemm il-bniedem
Proverb: The way one thinks might exhaust or even kill a person.
It-tfal bħal ħabaq, jimirdu u jgħaddilhom malajr.
Proverbs: ‘Children are like basil, the get sick quickly and recover quickly too’.
Ix-xogħol salmura tal-ġisem.
Proverb: ‘work is the balm of the body’
Jekk il-pest irid fils minnek, tnejn agħtih inkella jieħdok
Proverb: If the plague demands a coin, give it two or it will take you.
Kif tagħlaq iċ-ċinkwanta, ix-xitan jibda jittanta
Proverb: ‘When you turn 50, the devil starts to tempt’ – when you turn 50 you are likely to start facing health issues.
Kull min jintreħa, jittieħed.
Proverb: ‘He who slackens, will succumb to disease.’
L-imħabba oħt il-ġenn
Proverb: ‘Love is the sister of madness’
Lil min jarra moħħu jbati ġismu.
Proverb: He who wrecks his mind, wrecks his body.
Mal-kwaranta, ix-xitan jibda jittanta
Proverb: ‘When one turns forty, the devil begins to tease’ – implies that at 40, the sexual urges get stronger, however the proverb is also used to imply that once you turn 40, things start getting tricky (healthwise).
Min għandu ħafna ġid jista’ jiżdiedlu, Min għandu ftit jista’ jonqsu, iżda l-għomor jonqos żgur lit-tnejn!
Proverb: ‘He who has a lot of wealth can see it increase, he who has little can see it decrease further, but for certain the lifetime will decrease for both.’
Tgħoddx il-ġranet tal-qamar għax ma jħallix jistabar.
Proverb: Don’t count the lunar days or you will be restless. Ie Advice to a married woman not to worry about her menses.
Tisħetx il-qamar fl-art għax itik niket u mard.
Proverb: Don’t curse the moon on earth or it will give you grief and disease.
Wara x-xjuħija l-għaġiż!
Proverb: After old age comes extreme old age and infirmity.