Wisdom Around the Globe
Proverbs and sayings about flour
We all have a taste for flour – and not just as a food! Flour, bread, bakers and mills have found their way into popular sayings practically all over the world. An international comparison of proverbs and sayings about flour reveals amusing and surprising facts: on the one hand there are features typical of the particular region, and on the other we find the same sayings in countries separated by thousands of miles.
Germany:
In der Mühle ist das Beste, dass die Säcke nicht reden können.
Italy:
Le chiacchiere non fanno farina.
England:
Be not a baker if your head be of butter.
France:
Il est bon comme le pain.
Spain:
Come pan y bebe agua y vivirás vida larga.
Czech Republic:
Cizí chléb vždy lépe chutná.
Russia:
Был бы хлеб, а зубы сыщутся.
Hungary:
Jobb a száraz kenyér békében, mint a hús háborúban!
Greece:
O νηστικόs καρβέλια ονειρεύεται.
More sayings about flour from all over the world …
Do you know an interesting saying about flour or milling?
Send it to us with the reference “Sayings about Flour” – we are looking forward to your contribution!
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