Aħjar ħabib fis-suq minn mit skud fis-senduq!
Proverb: ‘better a friend in the market than a hundred scudi in the chest.’
Aħjar ħobż niexef f’darek milli frisk għand ġarek
Proverb: “It is better to have stale bread at home rather than your neighbour having fresh bread” – in other words, you should only rely on your own things and capabilities than preoccupy yourself with what others have.
B’sold wieħed fil-but ma tagħmilx ħoss!
Proverb: ‘With one coin in the pocket, you won’t make much noise’ – in other words you won’t get far with a little money.
Bil-flus tagħmel triq fil-baħar iżda ma tixtrix il-ġenna
Proverb: ‘With money you can build a road in the sea but you cannot buy a place in paradise.’
Bil-flus tagħmel triq fil-baħar.
Proverb: with money you can make a road in the sea.
Bil-flus ħadd ma jixtri l-ġenna
Proverb: ‘No one purchased a place in heaven with money.’
Bil-ħabba l-ħabba tikber u titrabba!
Proverb: ‘one is raised one fathing at a time’ ie. it is important to take care of your money, even if it may seem of little value’.
Bla flus la tgħannaq u lanqas tbus
Proverb: ‘without money you can neither hug nor kiss’ – in other words without money there’s little one can do.
Fin-negozju m’hemmx ħbieb!
Proverb: ‘There are no friends in business’
Għal ħabba jqaxxar qamla
Expression: ‘He will skin a flea for a farthing.’ – stated of someone who is a miser.
Għall-fqir, il-qamar musbieħ u l-basal tuffieħ.
Proverb:’ For the poor man, the moon is a lantern and onions are apples.’
Il-faqar iġib il-għaqar!
Proverb: poverty causes ulcers.
Il-flus fis-senduq għall-ħalliel; u l-flus imħaddma jagħtu l-għeliel
Proverb: ‘money hoarded away is only good for the thief, money invested produces good harvests.’
Il-flus huma passaport għall-infern!
Proverb: ‘Money is a passport to hell’.
Il-flus iġibu l-flus u l-qamel iġib il-qamel
Proverb: ‘money begets money and fleas beget fleas’ – note the word qamel in Maltese which means fleas also means miserliness or something of cheap value.
il-flus jagħmlu l-flus u l-qamel jagħmlu l-qamel.
Proverb: Money will beget money and fleas with beget fleas.
Il-flus ta’ min igawdihom mhux ta’ min jagħmilhom
Proverb: Money belongs to those who spend it and not those who earn it.
Il-flus u t-tjieba, it-tnejn giddieba
Proverb: Both money and virtue are liars.
Il-għajta nofs il-bejgħ
Proverb: ‘The yell / cry is half the sale’ – meaning that marketing is just as important as your product.
Il-Għali bigħu mhux ixtrih!
Proverb: ‘you should sell not buy expensive things’
Il-għani u l-fqir jeħtieġu lil xulxin!
Proverb: ‘The wealthy and the poor need each other’
Il-Mara ġabbara hi l-għana ta’ darha
Proverb: The thrifty woman is the blessing of the household.
Il-Ħawtieli u l-bieżel m’huma qatt fil-għera!
Proverb: ‘The industrious and the diligent will never end in misery’
Ix-xħiħ bħal dbigħ il-ħanżir, il-werrieta ferħana se’ ttir!
Proverb: ‘When a miser dies it is like the slaying of a swine for food, the inheritor is extremely happy!’
L-irħis għali
Proverb: ‘What’s cheap will cost more’