Aramaic proverbs

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Most of those proverbs are from the Mishnah and Talmud.

• Istra Ba'lagina, Kish Kish Kri
  • Translation: A coin in an empty barrel, makes a lot of noise.
  • Meaning: People with little substance talk a lot.

• 'Al d'ateft atfu'kh, v'sof m'tifaikh ytufun
  • Translation: Because you have drowned others, you were drowned — and in the end, those who drowned you will be drowned.
  • Meaning: God punishes for sins, but people are not allowed to take the law into their own hands.

• מאגרא רמא לבירא עמיקתא
  • Me'igara Rama Lebeyra Amiqta
  • Translation: From a high rooftop to a deep pit.
  • Meaning: someone lost his greatness and got into a big trouble.he:פתגמים ארמיים