Decisions.

Meaning: Reaching an objective may require choosing and using an available route. Naming alternatives is useful only when one of them leads to practical action.

Meaning: A modest expenditure can help obtain a larger benefit. The small fish represents a deliberate investment whose possible return should justify what is given up.

Meaning: Accepting the benefits of a role also means considering its obligations. A favourable position should not be treated as though its accompanying duties disappear.

Meaning: Some arrangements need a clear present decision rather than contradictory signals. Decide what applies now so that others can act with a shared understanding.

Meaning: An attractive price can encourage purchases whose combined cost exceeds their value to you. A bargain saves money only when the purchase itself is useful and affordable.

Meaning: A definite setback may be easier to address than continuing in unstable uncertainty. The comparison encourages examining whether prolonged hesitation is itself causing harm.

Meaning: A pause before a decision can allow reconsideration. Returning later may reveal another option, though delay alone does not guarantee a sound answer.

Meaning: After losing something useful, a frustrated person may discard what remains. The image warns against letting one setback provoke further unnecessary loss or abandonment.

Meaning: Urgent need can draw a person out of a familiar or protected place. The wolf image highlights pressure behind an action that may otherwise appear surprising.

Meaning: An opportunity passed over today may be unavailable tomorrow. The warning encourages timely assessment, while its gendered personification should not be mistaken for a claim about women.

Meaning: A person’s own instrument or action can cause the setback they suffer. Examine the self-defeating choice rather than assuming every problem came from outside.

Meaning: An initial choice can create pressures or obligations that shape the next one. Examine those commitments early without assuming that a mistaken course cannot be changed.

Meaning: The person offering advice may not bear its cost. Consider who will pay, work or face the consequences before accepting a recommendation, without dismissing useful outside judgement.

Meaning: Something brought home can later become a cause of sorrow. The saying invites thought about a choice’s consequences while leaving room for disappointment that could not reasonably have been foreseen.

Meaning: Options may become plentiful after a commitment has already been made. The married daughter and arriving sons-in-law expose awkward timing, without treating marriage or people as interchangeable purchases.