140 Complete collection of proverbs and their meanings

July 02, 2021
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In terms of grammar, the West has Proverb, Japan has kotowaza, China has Yanyu, While Indonesia has a proverb. Good Proverb, Yanyu, Kotozawa and proverbs have something in common, namely the word order used is always the same.

Definition of Proverb

Proverbs are groups of phrases or groups of words whose arrangement is fixed so that the group forms a certain meaning, proverb, thimble, comparisons, parables, principles of life, advice and rules of attitude whose meaning is broad, pleasant to hear, contains the truth, is wise his words.

Examples of Proverbs

The following are the proverbs and their meanings that the authors have collected from the KBBI, which are sorted alphabetically:

There is money there is goods (meaning if you want to pay a lot you will get better goods)
Syarak-based adat, customary-based syarak (work / actions should always remember customary and religious rules, do not conflict with one another);
Adat is filled in, institutions are cast (is to do something according to custom)

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The tradition of the crusty pot, the custom of the mortar with the crackle (that is, if you want to make a profit, you should be able to)
endure hardship in one job)
Adat along the way, cupak along betung (meaning everything has a procedure)
The rippling water is not deep (meaning people who are talkative or arrogant usually
lack of knowledge)
The large stone water splits (meaning that the family fraternity will be scattered if there is a dispute)
The water is drunk with the taste of thorns, the rice eaten with the taste of husk (meaning it is not good to eat and drink because it is too sad)
Calm (ordinary) water washes away (meaning people who are silent usually have a lot of knowledge)
Intellect does not come once (meaning that there is no effort that is always finished and perfect;
Agate is mistaken for stone (meaning insulting)
Good sense is not broken (meaning smart people don't easily lose in debate)
The route of travel, successive paths (meaning it is done according to the usual customs (customs))
Ampang to the other side, the wall to the sky (meaning a broken friendship
and won't get better)
Amra is mistaken for kedondong (meaning something good is thought to be bad)
The child on my lap is released, the monkey in the jungle is fed (breastfed) (meaning always taking care of other people's affairs without caring about their own)
People's children, people's children too (meaning someone who is foreign to us will remain a stranger too; own children are loved, stepchildren are abused (meaning that no matter how fair someone is, their own interests come first)
The dream then understands that it is bumpy (meaning according to the mind (allegations, etc.) it is possible to do it, but it is difficult to implement)
Dreaming of looking up at the sky (meaning to aspire to everything high)
Desire to follow the body (meaning troubled because of thinking nonsense)
Nod no, shake him (meaning different in another mouth in heart)

Like a chick losing its mother (meaning noisy and dispersed because it loses its pedestal)
Warming in cold ashes (meaning getting nothing from master, brother, house, etc.)
Prolonged like religion (meaning protracted, varied actions or words)
protracted, endless)
Learning is absurd, like flowers that don't work (meaning knowledge that is required imperfectly will not be useful)
Countless from one, reciting from alif (meaning doing something from the beginning, according to the rules)
Like a pestle to pick a thorn (meaning doing something that is impossible)
Like being kicked by a pestle (meaning he was defeated by a weak, stupid person)
Like a pestle after pounding it is thrown away (meaning it is valued when needed, after it is no longer useful it is thrown away)
Haven't given birth yet, have been rocked (meaning having fun before the goal is reached)
Babi taste curry (meaning to match big rich people)
The rhino eats the child (meaning the father throws the child away because he is afraid that his greatness will perish
(in ancient kings))
Big wood is big in material, small wood is small in material (meaning if the income is big, the expenses are big too)
Language shows the nation (meaning manners or temperament and speech) word shows the nature and character of a person)
Walk to the limit, sail to the island (meaning all efforts should reach the point
Unmatched black stone (meaning it seems gentle, but hard-hearted)
Like areca nut halved (meaning equally true, similarly true)
Bad face mirror split (meaning because of his disgrace / mistake someone else is blamed)

C – D

Worms want to become dragons (meaning lowly people want to match big people
Tend to befall (meaning actions that bring harm)
Charcoal smudge on the face (forehead) (means getting a big shame)
Cencaru eats evening (meaning slow work but good results)
Tick two rushes (meaning one way, two jobs done)
Tight and break the mashed pole (meaning a binding decision)
Cekur jerangau, there is another in the umbun-umbun (meaning very young, inexperienced)
Hoarded by worms (meaning those who are usually guilty are also accused by people of a crime)
On the pedestal like memmem (meaning if you say you should not just say it)
In the sea you can ask, in the heart who knows (meaning what is hidden in someone's heart we cannot know)
Shallow has crossed, deep has submitted (meaning it has been known exactly how the contents are)
his heart)
From bush to bush (meaning leaving something bad, getting something bad too)

E – G

The pond reaches the other side, the wall reaches the sky (meaning it can no longer be reconciled)
Enau looking for (climbing) sigai (meaning women looking for men)
Sediment behind a single weed (meaning hiding something or hiding in a place that is easy for people to know)
Reluctant to have a thousand powers, want a word (meaning if you don't like it (don't want it) there are usually many answers and reasons)
One lost two counts (meaning keep trying hard until the goal is achieved)
Crazy in the gray (meaning expecting something impossible)
Dead elephants leave tusks, dead people leave names (meaning good people will always leave a good name, while bad people will leave a bad name)
Passion is pushed to China (meaning something that has already been done, can't be taken back)
Gamak-gamak like patching (meaning only by trying or guessing)
The tit for tat, the word answering (meaning fending off attacks from people, answering (serving) what people say)
Thundering reeds (meaning big capable, not contained)
Geleng like the statue is full (meaning walking arrogantly, arrogantly)
Fat gets rid of fat, clever throws away friends (meaning not wanting to help or socialize with family after things get better, rich, etc.)
Grip tightly sticking to death (meaning holding a covenant)

H – I

After the grooved, the pestle (meaning if by walking discussion no agreement is reached, then by means of violence)
After the starch is finished, the dregs are thrown away (meaning that after they are no longer useful, they are thrown away, they don't care anymore)
Destroyed body contained in the ground, good manners are also remembered (meaning good manners will not be forgotten by people)
Judge to the beuk (meaning asking the court to the greedy person will surely lose)
Warm chicken dung (meaning the will is not fixed or not strong)
The tiger dies because of its stripes (meaning it gets an accident because it shows its superiority)
Thrifty is rich, diligent is smart (meaning people who live frugally will become rich, people who study hard will become smart)
Nose kissed cheek bitten (meaning false affection, just pretend)
Black on white (meaning in writing, not only with words related to the agreement)
Remember before it hits, remember before it runs out (meaning the effort must be carried out before it's too late)
Ijuk not bersagar (meaning someone who does not have relatives who are respected by people)
Fish in the sea, acid in the mountains, meet in a cauldron (meaning even if you live far apart, if you are a mate, you will also become a man and wife)
Follow the dead heart, follow the blind eye (meaning that if you always follow your passion, you will eventually get hurt)
The science of rice, the more it contains the more humble (meaning the more knowledge the more humble)
Beautiful news from the looks of it (meaning usually the news always exceeds the actual situation)
The fat content can go to people, the feather bones come back to us (meaning other people can be happy, we just get the trouble)

J – K

So charcoal ash (meaning it is outdated or stale)
So the base is proficient (meaning in exchange for the services that have been made)
If the knife has no steel, the more you file it, the duller it gets (meaning a stupid child, the more you teach, the more stupid you are)
Losing to ashes, winning to charcoal (meaning the fight will not benefit either side)
Lost limes by parasites (meaning old people are pushed by new people)
Losing a fight wins cheers (meaning even if you lose, you still have a high level of skill)
Because of a speck of indigo, a pot of milk is damaged (meaning because of a small crime or mistake, all the good that has been done is lost)
Old cloth is thrown away, new cloth is also sought (meaning divorcing the old wife and looking for a young wife)
Feet up head down (meaning always busy working)
One captain two ships (meaning one job headed by two people)
Pity the child, take care of the seed, pity the seed, leave it (love the child to be hated, dear to the abandoned country) (meaning that the loved one should not be too pampered)
Small children when they grow up thistles (meaning the child when he is small is fun, but when he is big it is troublesome (because of his behavior, etc.)

L – M

others who are thought to have been affected (meaning that what is meant is different from what is obtained)
throwing stones and hiding hands (meaning doing something, etc., but then staying silent as if they didn't know anything)
The owner's field (meaning a married woman)
Men go home hungry, trade and then breed (meaning they care more about other people's business than their own)
Langkas papaya fruit (meaning impossible, impossible)
Which sea does not have waves, which earth does not fall on? rain (meaning after all humans will not escape from mistakes or mistakes)
The sail hits the pole (meaning friend becomes foe)
Watering people's fields (meaning profiting others)
Reaching the neck, asking to be slaughtered (meaning expecting trouble or accident)
Buying win using lose (meaning good stuff is expensive, but can be used for a long time)
Carry on the shoulder, hold on the head (meaning to do something according to the rules)
Squeezing hands (picking, tapping) shoulders carrying (meaning who is at fault must bear the punishment)
Tearing clothes on the chest (meaning telling other people's disgrace)
Upholding wet thread (meaning doing impossible work)
Handling chicks (meaning doing work that is impossible or futile to do)

O – P

A sleepy person is pushed by a pillow (meaning he gets what he wants)
Waves small things should not be ignored (meaning small things that may be dangerous need to be considered too)
Rich people also increase their wealth, good children, beautiful sons-in-law (meaning they get doubled profits)
The humpback in the forest light (meaning losing his mind or getting very nervous)
The pitcher is broken, the jar is there (meaning there will be no shortage of women to be wives)

R – S

Destroyed the nation by behavior (meaning even if people are of high nationality, but if they behave badly)
Damaged child by son-in-law (meaning our loved ones destroy the property we gave him)
Like ashes on the embankment (meaning that the position is not fixed at any time can be fired)
Even though the wire is formed, the fish in the sea are caught (meaning even though there seems to be no purpose, but there is also a goal)
Before death, abstain from death (meaning not to die before the time is right)
Fertile because it is nurtured, big because of the big brother / big brother, high in the praise (meaning a big person or high position because he is glorified by his subordinates or his followers)
Meanwhile, the ship didn't drift away, this was also a long dry season (meaning that while the time to earn a living did not reach the point, let alone idle time)
Like a hot worm (meaning not calm, always restless because it's difficult, embarrassed)
As high as the stork flies, it recedes into the puddle (meaning as far as people wander, finally returning to their original place or hometown too)
After taking a bath, let it be wet (meaning doing something, don't be half-hearted)
A handful in the mountains, a drop in the sea (meaning very much appreciated)
As long as life is conceived by the body (meaning as long as it is still alive)
as a swarm of chicks (meaning to swarm or swarm a lot)

T – U – Z

Holding on to warm ashes (meaning getting or meddling in troublesome things)
Chopped andilau move (meaning if someone is insulted, of course his family or people)
would be offended too)
Taught to a limp bull (meaning there's no point in teaching stubborn people
Step on warm coals (meaning very restless, unable to calm down)
There's no ivory that isn't cracked (meaning there's nothing that isn't flawed)
The proposal shows the origin, (meaning from the behavior (character) we can know its origin
Gold debt can be paid, Debt is taken to death (meaning people's kindness can only be repaid with kindness too)
Debt each feather (meaning a lot of debt)
Times change seasons change (meaning everything should be adjusted to the circumstances Era)