Proverb: Calamity is man’s true touchstone .
English Meaning: Sweet are the uses of adversity.
Proverb: Call a spade a spade .
English Meaning: Speak plain and spare none.
Proverb: Care killed the cat.
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Proverb: Carry coal to new castle .
English Meaning: Help one who needs no help.
Proverb: Cast at the shadow and lose the substance .
English Meaning: one must not lose a certain in the hope of an uncertain.
Proverb: Charity begins at home.
English Meaning: A person’s first responsibility is for the needs of their own family and friends.
Proverb: Charm strikes the sight, merit wins the soul .
English Meaning: External beauty strikes our eyesight and inner qualities impress our soul.
Proverb: Cheap and nasty.
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Proverb: Cheap goods are dear in the long run.
English Meaning: Avoid buying cheap goods.
Proverb: Cheats never prosper .
English Meaning: Cheats always fail in the long run.
Proverb: Child’s plaything.
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Proverb: Childish behavior of an old man .
English Meaning: Acting like the young in one’s old age
Proverb: Children and fools tell the truth .
English Meaning: No knowledgeable person tells the truth.
Proverb: Civility/courtesy costs nothing .
English Meaning: One needs not spend money to be good.
Proverb: Cleanliness is next to godliness.
English Meaning: Cleanliness is a step to devotion to God.
Proverb: Clothes make the man .
English Meaning: People will judge you according to the way you dress; seeing is believing.
Proverb: Constant dripping wears away a stone .
English Meaning: persistence accomplishes things.
Proverb: Coquetry under the guise of modesty.
English Meaning: A good looking man may not always be good to the core.
Proverb: Count (to) chickens till they are hatched .
English Meaning: To sound the trumpet before victory
Proverb: Count not money that is still to come .
English Meaning: Your money may not be of any use if not in your hand
Proverb: Cowards die many times before their death.
English Meaning: Cowards are very afraid to die.
Proverb: Cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face .
English Meaning: Injure oneself in order that someone else may also be injured.
Proverb: Cut your coat according to your cloth.
English Meaning: Spend within your means.