Famous Idiom from your country?

“If a crow-tit walks like a stork, it will tear its legs”
뱁새가 황새 걸음을 걸으면 가랑 이가 찢어진다

Baepsae/뱁새 is a Korean Crow-Tit but used to call someone who ruins themselves by trying to copy people who are better than them.

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PeanutsauntieP1982 · 41-45, F

I like that. One saying I've been told is "a watched pot never boils". Meaning that like watching water boil, it takes longest when you are just watching the pot and not engaged in doing something else that time takes the longest.

SakiSaki · 26-30, M

@PeanutsauntieP1982 Nice one I like yours too. Haven't heard that one (maybe the Korean version one)

PeanutsauntieP1982 · 41-45, F

@SakiSaki 😁😁😁

PeanutsauntieP1982 · 41-45, F

If you find the Korean version, would you share it with me? Thank you! 😁

SakiSaki · 26-30, M

@PeanutsauntieP1982 Here's the Japanese verison (doing a semester in college in Japan)
監視鍋が沸騰しない