Çelişkili Atasözleri (Conlicting Proverbs)   Telif hakları saklıdır. Doç. Dr. Yalçın İzbul, http://www.ingilizce-ders.com  Practical English for Turkish Speaking ESL/EFL Students.

CONFLICTING PROVERBS

ÇELİŞKİLİ  ATASÖZLERİ

There are a variety of proverbs that are all duly revered -- but nonetheless expressing CONFLICTING chunks of wisdom... Needless to say, what holds true for English holds true for Turkish, too; for human nature is the same everywhere, or so they say...

Bir dizi atasözü vardır: Hepsi gereğince saygı gören -- ama yine de kocaman kocaman ÇELİŞKİLİ bilgelik lokmaları sunan... İngilizce için geçerli olan bu durumun Türkçe için de geçerli olduğunu eklememe bilmem gerek var mı? Çünkü insanın doğası heryerde aynıymış -- yada öyle diyorlar işte...

Proverbs... Morals drawn from the life experience of countless generations... But who can fail to notice that they're sometimes quite conflicting? Quite apparently, whichever side of an argument one takes, one can usually find a proverb to support it. As Miguel Cervantes put it -- with tongue in cheek -- "There is no proverb that is not true." So, maybe the solution lies in "Moderation in all things."

Proverbs... All designed to teach us a lesson. Yes, but, what should the little innocent puppy do -- under attack as he is from two counter-counselling quarters? Have a look at the following illustration:

Since each of the following proverbs seems to be bedevilled by its opposite, I have decided to present them as ADVICE BY OPPOSING DEVILS !!

  İŞTE KAFASI TÜMÜYLE KARIŞMIŞ BİRİSİ !! 

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Conflicting Proverbs

Actions speak louder than words. The pen is mightier than the sword.

Knowledge is power. Ignorance is bliss.

Silence is golden, but the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Look before you leap. He who hesitates is lost.

Haste makes waste, but he who hesitates is lost.

Patience is a virtue, but opportunity knocks but once.

A silent man is a wise one. A man without words is a man without thoughts.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Better safe than sorry.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, but faint heart never won fair maiden.

Money talks. Talk is cheap.

The only thing constant is change. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Two heads are better than one. If you want something done right, do it yourself.

Many hands make light work. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The bigger, the better. The best things come in small packages.

The early bird gets the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Out of sight, out of mind.

What will be, will be. Life is what you make it.

Cross your bridges when you come to them. Forewarned is forearmed.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander. One man's meat is another man's poison.

With age comes wisdom. Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings come all wise sayings.

The more, the merrier. Two's company; three's a crowd.

There's no place like home and home is where the heart is, but the grass is always greener on the other side and a rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't cross your bridges before you come to them and don't count your chickens before they're hatched, but forewarned is forearmed and well begun is half done.

Turn the other cheek and forgive and forget, but an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth because turnabout is fair play.

It's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game, but all's fair in love and war and the ends justify the means.

You're never too old to learn. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Ask no questions and hear no lies. Ask and you shall receive.

Clothes make the man. Never judge a book by its cover.

Telif hakları saklıdır. Doç. Dr. Yalçın İzbul, http://www.ingilizce-ders.com  Practical English for Turkish Speaking ESL/EFL Students.

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