proverb · Traditional
When your joints all start to ache, rainy weather is at stake.
The rhyme treats aching joints as a sign of rainy weather. It connects bodily discomfort with a forecast.
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proverb · Traditional
Where the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
The saying pictures eagles gathering where a carcass is found. As an analogy, it can describe a visible gathering pointing toward the attraction that brings people together.
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Where the wind is on Candlemas Day There it will stick to the end of May.
The saying predicts that Candlemas wind direction will persist until May ends. A single calendar observation is extended across several months.
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Who in Janiveer sows oats, gets gold and groats.
The saying promises material gain from sowing oats in January. Gold and groats connect a calendar choice with an imagined reward.
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Who sows in May gets little that way.
The saying claims that sowing in May yields little. It turns a named month into a warning about insufficient return from an undertaking.
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Whoever said a horse was dumb—is dumb.
Calling a horse dumb is answered by calling the speaker dumb. The saying rebukes a dismissive judgment of the animal.
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With all things and in all things, we are all relatives.
Being relatives with and in all things expresses an expansive sense of connection. The saying gives relationships a scope beyond an immediate household.
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Yesterday was wood; tomorrow will be ashes. Only today does the fire shine bright.
Wood, bright fire and ashes place attention on a vivid present between beginnings and endings. The saying values the moment in which life’s image is active.
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You are what you eat.
The saying equates a person with what they eat. It emphasises food’s importance through an identity image.
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