Most of the proverbs came to me from a whole host of friends and contacts, mostly in Vietnam. The same ones kept cropping up again and again, so I took that to mean they are commonly used. The teacher found out. I just opened the fish container. If you were a bit later, I would have taken the whole fish container.
Hunger finds no fault with cookery.
Though he eats alone, he calls the whole village to help launch his boat. Because the caterpillar exists, there exists also a bird to eat it. Eaten bread is soon forgotten. Chewing, one eats. Reflecting, one speaks.