832 Hungarian Proverbs / Page 15
281. He is good, only the devils are bad, for not carrying him away.
282. He is ground between two millstones.
283. He is like water shaking in a wash tub.
284. He is one pamphlet behind, the others.
285. He is rich who owes nothing.
286. He is the kid of our dog.
287. He is turning his coat according to the wind.
288. He is unable to cope with the situation any longer.
289. He is well known as bad money.
290. He issues a certificate of poverty of himself.
291. He keeps silent, like a deaf pig in the wheat-field.
292. He keeps two irons in the fire.
293. He kills two flies with one flap.
294. He knows as much about it as a hen does about the alphabet.
295. He laughs really, best who laughs last.
296. He left for Foldvar to sell boards.
297. He lies as if he read from a book.
298. He likes it, as a goat likes the knife, that kills him.
299. He lives like Marci in Heves.
300. He looks for a needle in a bundle of hay.