Collection of Scottish proverbs, sayings and popular sayings in Scotland translated into Italian, as testimony to the wisdom of this grumpy but nice people.
Scottish idioms
- Honesty is an altruistic sentiment: it is always claimed for others by denying it to ourselves.
- The shy cat is a brave mouse.
- A thread binds an honest man better than a rope binds a villain.
- Be happy alive, because you will be dead for a long time.
- The story is dry if you don't end up with a drink.
- Who pays the musician, chooses the music.
- Wine has two defects: if you add water to it, you spoil it, if you don't add water, you spoil it.
- Wisdom is a gift and can be an investment.
- Put two coins in a purse and they will approach each other.
- Take on the toughest climb with a determined heart.
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- The world will disappear, but love and music will last forever.
- A penny saved is a penny earned.
- The stuff you got as a gift is never as sweet as the one you earn.
- Do not drink whiskey with water and do not drink water without whiskey.
- If the faults of the best men appeared written on their foreheads, they would pull the cap over their eyes.
- A whiskey is fine, two are too many, three are few.
Scottish sayings
- Grab a golden robe, you may tear off one sleeve.
- Time and tides don't wait for man.
- Alcohol does not solve problems, but neither does milk.
- There is no greater deception than a broken promise.
- Cats have nine lives: three to play, three to wander, three to rest.
- Don't be fooled by appearances. Under a poor habit a rich heart can hide.
- Take on the toughest climb with a determined heart.
- He who spies through a keyhole could see what will torment him.
- Modesty is the beauty of women.
- If you can't bite it is useless to show your teeth.
- If there was no hope, the heart would break.
- Not all saints who take holy water.
- You can survive anguish, but not dishonor.
- Test your friend before you need them.
- An open confession is good for the soul.
- Better to learn from your neighbor's harm than from your own.
Scottish proverbs
- A dimple on the chin, the devil inside.
- A madman can earn money, but it takes a wise man to keep it.
- Do not abandon God until you find a better teacher.
- Follow love and it will flee from you, flee from love and will follow you.
- The shy cat is a brave mouse.
- Whoever cheats me once, shame on him; if he cheats me twice, shame on me.
- Money is flat which means it needs to be piled up.
- Repentance does not cure damage.
- Don't get married for money: you can borrow them with less interest.
- A foggy morning could become a clear day.
- Take what you can and keep what you have, this is the way to get rich.
- Weddings are all happy - it's having breakfast together that causes most problems.
- Getting married means halving your rights and doubling your duties.
- Being kind to everyone, loving a few and loving everyone and being looked for by those who love each other is certainly the closest thing to happiness.
- What has to happen will happen.
- Do not judge every day from the harvest you harvest, but from the seeds you sow.
