介紹台灣俗語的天地
戇死囡仔睏中晝
【解釋】(1)不知死活、到時候怎麼死的都不知道 (2)小孩子不知珍惜光陰，還偷懶睡午覺，渾噩度日，終至老大徒傷悲
【比喻】年輕人虛擲光陰，不知天高地厚
【同義】
Gōng sí-gín-á khùn tiong-tàu
戇死囡仔睏中晝
【POJ】Hóe-sio kha-chhng–ah, koh m̄-chai sí-oa̍h
【英譯】Death or unfortunate circumstances are about to happen due to ignorance.
【例句】Kiōng-húi lóng leh beh phah–kòe-lâi ah, koh leh kiám kok-hông ī-sǹg, chin-chiàⁿ sī “gām sí gín-á khùn tiong-tàu” neh!
愛食胡蠅家己欱
【解釋】要吃蒼蠅自己抓
【POJ】Ka-kī siūⁿ-beh ài ê mi̍h-kiāⁿ ài ka-kī khì cheng-chhú
【英譯】If you want it, earn it
【同義】
Beh chia̍h hô͘-sîn ka-tī hop
欲食胡蠅家己欱
牛瘦無力，人散白賊
【解釋】牛瘦則無力，人窮則滿口謊言
【英譯】Gû nā sán tio̍h bô-la̍t, lâng nā sàn tio̍h ē khò chhùi phiàn chia̍h-chhēng
A person who is full of crap is usually due to their incapability
作穡相挨推、食飯爭做前
需要努力或付出的時候都閃得遠遠的，一看到好處就必定搶頭香
Kóng tio̍h choh-sit tō siám kah lī lī, nā chia̍h pn̄g, tō cheⁿ chò chêng
Pushing and shoving to avoid work, pushing and shoving to eat first
無二步七仔、不敢過虎尾溪
沒有幾分實力，就不敢冒險
Bô cha̍p hun ê pá-ak, sī m̄ káⁿ mō͘-hiám
Without fortitude, one dare not cross the Hó͘-bóe River / Not daring to try something one is uncertain of
豬食狗睏
豬吃東西吃得亂七八糟，狗則是到處亂睡 / 指一個人草率沒有原則
Ti chia̍h mi̍h-kiāⁿ chia̍h kah loān-chau-chau, káu soah sì-kè o͘-pe̍h khùn / Kóng chi̍t-ê lâng siáⁿ-mih tāi-chì lóng ē-tàng o͘-pe̍h-bú
Pigs are messy eaters, and dogs sleep wherever / This indicates someone who is always hasty and lacks principles
嫌貨即是買貨人
只有真心想要做交易的才會試著講出心裡的想法，沒有興趣的人連開口都不大可能 / 指生意人不該過度擔心客戶的指教
Ē kā lí hiâm hòe án-chóaⁿ khiàm-tiám–ê, chiah sī chèng keng bé bē ê lâng-kheh. M̄ bé tō bē kā lí hiâm. Chò seng-lí-lâng m̄ thang kiaⁿ lâng hiâm hòe
A customer who complains is a customer who buys / They wouldn’t bother complaining if they didn’t want to buy it; businessmen shouldn’t be afraid of customers who complain
不惊官、只惊管
不怕官員，只怕被管
Koaⁿ chò khah tōa, nā koán lí bē tio̍h tō m̄ bián kiaⁿ. Kiaⁿ tō kiaⁿ m̄ chiâⁿ koaⁿ-á, koaⁿ-ūi sī bô tōa, chóng–sī koán lí ē tio̍h
It’s not fear of rulers, it’s fear of being ruled
無日不知昼、無鬚不知老
沒有太陽無法知道日子過去了，沒留鬍子也難看出老了
Kong-im jû chìⁿ, ji̍t-goa̍t jû so. Kó͘-chá-lâng nā kàu hoat chhiu, tō chai lâng í-keng lāu–a
Without sun one knows not the day, without a beard one knows not what it means to be old
海水雖濶、船頭也會相抵–着
海洋雖然廣闊，但船隻還是有碰撞到的機會
Sè-kài chiah khoah, oan-siû-lâng mā sī sio tú ē tio̍h
The sea is vast, yet ships still run into one another
