PICTURE 

INTERPRETATION

PROVERB

 

 

Every cloud 

has a silver 

lining. 

 

Every sad or 

unpleasant situation 

has a positive side 

to it. 

If you do bad things, 

bad things will 

happen to you, or 

good things if you 

do good things. 

 

 

As you sow, 

so you shall 

reap. 

 

 

To work hard and 

long on a project 

that turns out to be 

useless.

 

The mountain 

labours and 

brings forth a 

mouse. 

 

A person will only 

do what he / she 

wants to do. 

You can lead a 

horse to water 

but you can’t 

make him 

drink. 

 

 

You must choose 

between two things 

as it is impossible to 

have both at the 

same time. 

You can’t 

have your 

cake and eat 

it. 

 

  

 

One success 

doesn't guarantee 

complete success. 

 

One swallow 

doesn’t make 

a summer. 

 

= 

 

To go from a bad 

position to a worse 

one. 

 

Jump from 

the frying pan 

into the fire. 

 

 

To put the 

cart before 

the horse. 

 

 

 

To do something in 

an incorrect order.

 

 
 

You help me and I’ll 

help you. 

 

 

You scratch 

my back and 

I’ll scratch 

yours. 

 

The apple 

never falls far 

from the tree. 

 

 

A child usually 

behaves in a similar 

way to his or her 

parent(s). 

The real value of 

something can be 

judged only after it 

has been tried or 

tested. 

 

The proof of 

the pudding 

is in the 

eating. 

PICTURE 

INTERPRETATION

PROVERB

 

 

Every cloud 

has a silver 

lining. 

 

Every sad or 

unpleasant situation 

has a positive side 

to it. 

If you do bad things, 

bad things will 

happen to you, or 

good things if you 

do good things. 

 

 

As you sow, 

so you shall 

reap. 

 

 

To work hard and 

long on a project 

that turns out to be 

useless.

 

The mountain 

labours and 

brings forth a 

mouse. 

 

A person will only 

do what he / she 

wants to do. 

You can lead a 

horse to water 

but you can’t 

make him 

drink. 

 

 

 

You must choose 

between two things 

as it is impossible to 

have both at the 

same time. 

You can’t 

have your 

cake and eat 

it. 

 

 

One success 

doesn't guarantee 

complete success. 

 

One swallow 

doesn’t make 

a summer. 

 

 

To go from a bad 

position to a worse 

one. 

 

Jump from 

the frying pan 

into the fire. 

 

 

To put the 

cart before 

the horse. 

 

 

 

To do something in 

an incorrect order.

 

 
 

You help me and I’ll 

help you. 

 

You scratch 

my back and 

I’ll scratch 

yours. 

 

The apple 

never falls far 

from the tree. 

 

 

A child usually 

behaves in a similar 

way to his or her 

parent(s). 

The real value of 

something can be 

judged only after it 

has been tried or 

tested. 

 

The proof of 

the pudding 

is in the 

eating. 

 

 

     

     

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

     

     

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

You must choose 

between two things 

as it is impossible to 

have both at the 

same time. 

 

One success 

doesn't guarantee 

complete success. 

 

To work hard and 

long on a project 

that turns out to be 

useless.

 

 
 

You help me and I’ll 

help you. 

 

To go from a bad 

position to a worse 

one. 

 

A person will only 

do what he / she 

wants to do. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

= 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A child usually 

behaves in a similar 

way to his or her 

parent(s). 

 

Every sad or 

unpleasant situation 

has a positive side 

to it. 

The real value of 

something can be 

judged only after it 

has been tried or 

tested. 

If you do bad things, 

bad things will 

happen to you, or 

good things if you 

do good things. 

 

 

To do something in 

an incorrect order.