Proverbs Out the Yin Yang

Proverbs Out the Yin Yang

Here, there, everywhere:

1. Inquisitive interest in others’ concerns destroyed the vital or essential quality of the malicious woman. (4 words)

2. Bring to pass as the one who is speaking or writing expresses in words, not as I perform. (8 words)

3. Warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion causes the earthly state of human existence to move on a course well filled out. (6 words)

4. Closely attend your own bowel movement. (4 words)

5. In with respect to a trivial amount, in because of an enclosure for animals. (8 words)

6. That one at no time gives or administers abundantly, but a crucial or climactic point dispenses from a container. (6 words)

7. Paupers aren’t able to become those who make a selection. (4 words)

8. A black American male is more heavily built than the sea of a particular part of the earth. (5 words)

9. Shuttlecocks of a projecting strip, rib, fin, or flange, gather or move in a large number as a unit. (6 words)

10. Benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity starts at the social unit formed by a family living together. (4 words)

And a bonus proverb:

* A cause of merriment is the most productive of good magical power or a magical rite.

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14 thoughts on “Proverbs Out the Yin Yang”

  1. umm, English proverbs I take it … *girds loins*

    2. Do as I say, don’t do as I do.
    4…… Listen to your guts?
    5. Hah! In for a penny, in for a pound!!
    6. It never rains, but it pours. ?
    7. Beggars can’t be choosers. (sp?)
    8. Birds of a feather flock together!

    for an ESL speaker, not bad, I say.

  2. Not bad indeed! 🙂 You got five of them correct: #2, #5, #6, #7, and #9 (which you’ve marked as #8).

  3. Wohoo… I’m going to guess at 1 too, but the malicious woman is leading me astray I fear.

    1. Curiosity killed the cat.

  4. Correct! 🙂

    By the way, “cat” is slang for “malicious woman” — my use of the definition was intentionally misleading, but you were able to figure it out anyway. Great job!

  6. These are tough!

    #1: Curiosity killed the cat.
    #2: Don’t do as I do, do as I say do. I think?
    #3: Totally stumped on this one!
    #4: I have no idea. Mind your own business?
    #5: In for a penny, in for a pound.
    #6: When it rains, it pours. Not enough words. I’m clueless!
    #7: Beggars can’t be choosers.
    #8: No idea whatsoever.
    #9: Birds of a feather flock together.
    #10: Charity begins at home.

    Bonus: Stumped again!

  7. Yep!

    1. Curiosity killed the cat.
    2. Do as I say, not as I do.
    3.
    4. Mind your own business.
    5. In for a penny, in for a pound.
    6. It never rains, but it pours.
    7. Beggars can’t be choosers.
    8.
    9. Birds of a feather flock together
    10. Charity begins at home.

    So, still unsolved is #3, #8, and the bonus proverb. 🙂

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