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Ahmehn pohrtzank mehg khuhrahd eh, votch pohrtzank guh vehrchanah, votch khuhraduh

Ahlvehssuh pousheen vuhrah mehg ahnkam guh nuhsdee

Dahshvadz kahruh kehdeenuh chee muhnahr

dzehr yehzuhn eh vor sheedahg ahgos guh pahnah

The old bull makes the straight furrow.

Meg dzahgheekov karoun chi car

One flower doesn’t mean spring has arrived.

Medztzav, medzahtzav

This proverb is used for people who have come to prominence or new found wealth. Their experience along the way to success was rife with problems and pains that they were able to get past or solve and in the process became very sober and experienced.

Tahnuh puhchelov guh khehmeh

This proverb implies that one is very doubtful of an outcome and has become overly cautious. The example of blowing on a cold yogurt drink to cool it before drinking expresses this doubtful caution. A person who has burned his tongue drinking hot milk will cautiously blow on even cold milk before drinking it remembering the unpleasant experience of previously drinking hot milk thinking it was cold and burning the tongue. The English proverb says, “Once burned, twice shy.”