Famous Proverbs
28 Proverbs about Instead
1. Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses.
2. Instead of a fish he gives you a scorpion.
3. Instead of a treasure, coals.
4. A bad knife cuts one's finger instead of the stick.
5. Instead of better, it got worse.
6. Nature gave us two cheeks instead of one to make it easier to eat hot food.
7. Disgrace is like the grain of a tree trunk -- time makes it bigger instead of erasing it.
8. He who wears a smile instead of worrying is always the strongest.
9. When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead.
10. If you don't have a brain, join the army; if you don't have rice, use beans instead.