Meaning: Everyone should contribute when a collection is being made

Context: Collective effort requires participation from all

Meaning: One finger cannot kill a louse

Context: Cooperation is needed for certain tasks

Meaning: That which is fashionable in town is never prohibited

Context: Popular practices are often accepted

Meaning: That which eats you up is your clothes

Context: Sometimes our possessions cause us trouble

Meaning: Every vessel has its own waves

Context: Everyone has their own way of doing things

Meaning: Every door has its own key

Context: Different problems require different solutions

Meaning: To every child his own neck ornament

Context: Everyone has their own preferences

Meaning: Everyone who stretches a skin on a drum, pulls the skin to his own side

Context: People act in their own interest

Meaning: Every bird flies with its own wings

Context: Independence is important

Meaning: The bereaved begin the wailings, then those from afar follow suit

Context: Those most affected lead, others follow

Meaning: A long silence is followed by a mighty noise

Context: Suppressed issues eventually explode

Meaning: One firebrand after another keeps the fire burning

Context: Continuous effort maintains progress

Meaning: A barber does not shave himself, and if he does so he will cut himself

Context: It is hard to be objective about oneself

Meaning: The mouth is the home of words

Context: Speech originates from the mouth

Meaning: What the heart desires is like medicine to it

Context: Enjoyment is beneficial

Meaning: A new thing is a source of joy even if it be a sore

Context: Novelty is appealing even when flawed

Meaning: Refusing and wanting at the same time

Context: Indecisiveness

Meaning: What is not eaten by a human being, let the devil eat it

Context: If something is useless to humans, let it go to waste

Meaning: You cannot know the bugs of a bed that you have not lain on

Context: You cannot understand a situation without experiencing it

Meaning: The shadow of a walking-stick cannot protect one from the sun

Context: Inadequate protection is useless