ROMANIAN PROVERBS AND SAYINGS

• Dupa furtuna vine si vreme buna !

After a storm comes a calm!

• Daca nu e ploaie fie si ninsoare !

If thou has not a capon, feed on an onion.

• Cand seaca apa se cunoaste pretul fantanii

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

• Apa trece,pietrele raman

Streams go,rocks remain.

• Sangele apa nu se face.

Bolld is thicker than water.

• Apa,vantul si gura lumii nu pot fi oprite.

The water,the wind and people’s tougue cannot be stopped.

• Apele mici fac raurile mari.

Little springs make great rivers.

• Apa statatoare e des inselatoare.

Still waters run deep

and

• A fi o apa si-un pamant = to be alike;
• A nu avea nici dupa ce bea apa =to be starving;
• A cadea din lac in put=He is gotten aut of the myre an is fallen into the river;
• A da cuiva apa la moara = to drow water into smb’s mill