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Latin Proverb - Y

Years roll on.

Yield to divine power.

You anoint the dead man with salve.

You are but sowing in sand.

You are carrying owls to Athens.

You are talking to a stone.

You are teaching a fish to swim.

You are teaching iron to swim!

You ask the path when the high road is before your eyes.

You attack a horned animal.

You bring your own evil deeds to light.

You can never consider that as your own which can be changed.

You can't love Thetis and Galatea at the same time.

You cannot catch a fox with a bait.

You cannot get blood out of a stone.

You cannot have all you wish for.

You compare the bee to the grasshopper!

You compare the moorhen to the I swan.

You count the sand.

You count the waves. [Labour in vain.]

You give hay to the dog and bones to the ass.

You have come too late for the feast.

You have got your feet out of the mire.

You have hit the point exactly.

You have left the sheep with the wolf for safe custody.

You have spoilt the wine by adding water to it.

You hold an eel by the tail. [You are dealing with a slippery fellow.]

You know not what the evening may bring with it.

You rouse the fury of the lion.

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