介紹台灣俗語的天地
酒芳不惊巷仔深
好酒不用擔心在巷弄的尾端販賣 / 有真材實料的品質，客戶自然會找上門
Bêng-kùi ê mi̍h-kiāⁿ, kè-ta̍t ê mi̍h-kiāⁿ, bô teh hoan-ló lâng m̄ chai, miâ-siaⁿ ka-tī ē thàu chhian-lí
If the wine is good, don’t worry that the tavern is at the end of a long alley / Things of quality and value make themselves known far and wide
卜做城市乞食、不做草地好額
【解釋】寧願當城市裡的乞丐，也不願當個有錢的農人
【POJ】Chá-kî tùi lông-gia̍p sî-tāi beh kòe-tō͘ kàu to͘-chhī-hòa ê siā-hōe. Ū bē chió chng-kha-lâng lóng siūⁿ beh khì kàu hoân-hôa ê to͘-chhī, m̄ goān lâu tòa chháu-tē. Chit-má chiām chiām khah bô chit khoán ê hiān-siōng
【英譯】Better to be a city beggar than a rich farmer / A common saying early during urbanization; not so much anymore
海–吝無魚、蝦姑起價
【比喻】生意人知道如何變通、抓住賺錢的機會
【POJ】Seng-lí-lâng thàn ki-hōe kā mi̍h-kiāⁿ bē kùi
【英譯】When there’s no more fish, shrimp prices go up / A businessman knows when to take advantage of an opportunity
馬靠鞍來粧、轎靠人來扛
氣勢與氣派都得靠場面來襯托
Khì-sè beh ōng, khì-phài ài chiok, lóng tō khò tiûⁿ-bīn ê pho͘-pâi
A horse needs a saddle, a sedan chair needs porters
娘快做、𡢃難學
做妻享受，做妾難
Chò niû, hō͘ lâng hōng-thāi, iông-ī chò. Chò kán sī ài hōng-thāi lâng, kan-khó͘ chò
Being a wife is joy, being a concubine is misery
司公嚇死鬼
虛張聲勢
Kan-na ū châi-tiāu iōng háⁿ–ê niā
Bluff
三好加一好，死好
3好＋1好 = 4好 (台語諧音：死好，活該的意思)
3-ê hó + 1-ê hó = 4-ê hó, che-sī “èng-kai sí hó” chi̍t-ê khah chhù-bī ê kóng-hoat
Indicate someone who deserves a nasty consequence
假𠢕著是真戇
喜歡耍小聰明的人其實才是真正的蠢蛋
Ū ê lâng kiò-sī ka-kī chin khiáu, m̄-koh chò chhut-lâi–ê lóng sī gōng tāi-chì
Idiots don’t feel stupid
不惊不八字、只惊不八人
看懂人比看懂字還重要
Bat lâng sī phēng bat jī koh khah iàu-kín
Knowing people is more important than knowing characters
看樹看根、看人看心
要徹底了解一個人事物，得先看清楚他/它的底細
Bat lâng bat sū, tō khòaⁿ i ê té-tì
To know a tree, look at its roots; to know a person, look at her heart
