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Kurdish - English Proverbs 111 - 120


The following are the equivalence of English proverb of Kurdish proverbs.

111. گوڵ بێ دڕك نابێ.
111. roses have thorns.
112. ڕاست به‌و به‌ لای شێرا بڕۆ.
112. safety lies in talking the truth.
113. دز به‌ دز ده‌گیرێ.
113. set a thief to catch a thief.
114. له‌ پاش مردن ڕه‌حمه‌ت باشه‌.
114. speak well of the dead.
115. ئاسنی سارد مه‌كوته‌.
115. strike while the iron is hot.
116. به‌ره‌ به‌ره‌ شیر ده‌بێته‌ كه‌ره‌.
116. step after step the ladder is ascended.
117. پیاو به‌ قسه‌ی ده‌به‌سرێته‌وه‌ و كه‌ر به‌ په‌تك.
117. take a man by his word and a cow by its horns.
118. له‌سه‌ر فرسه‌تان باز مه‌ده‌.
118. take hold of a good minute.
119. پیاو كه‌ زۆری ووت، چاكیش ئه‌ڵێ و خراپیش ئه‌ڵێ.
119. talk much and error much.
120. باسی گورگیان كرد وه‌ده‌ركه‌وت.
120. talk of the devil and his imp appears.

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