介紹台灣俗語的天地
看人食肉、不通看人破柴
要看清楚狀況，不要把自己暴露在危險的環境之下
Khòaⁿ lâng chia̍h bah sī bô iàu-kín, m̄ koh lâng teh phòa chhâ m̄ thang óa khì. Hûi-hiám ê tāi-chì, m̄ thang óa–khì
You can watch a man eating meat, but watch out when he’s chopping wood / Know when something is dangerous or not, and know when to stay away
一日剦九猪、九日無猪剦
如果一天就閹掉九隻豬，九天以後就沒豬可以閹了
Nā ū, chi̍t ji̍t to̍h iam káu (chiah) ti. Nā bô, káu ji̍t to bô ti thang iam
Neuter nine pigs in one day, then none for nine days (When it rains it pours / Waiting for a raindrop in the drought)
人生親像大舞台、苦出笑詼朗公開
【解釋】將人生比喻做一個「大舞臺」，在人生的過程中，有悲傷流淚亦有歡喜笑鬧的劇情，最終都會在人生的舞臺上公開表演出來
Kā jîn-seng pí-jū chò bú-tâi, ū sî pi-siong, mā ū sî hoaⁿ-hí
The world is a stage, and the play of life is both tragedy and comedy
心肝那好、風水免討
勸人修行向善，就不必迷信風水
Khǹg lâng siu-hēng chek tek, m̄ bián bê-sìn hong-súi
If one has a good heart, one needn’t worry about superstitions
一日無事小神仙
一整天輕閒無事，猶如神仙
Kui kang chheng-êng bô tāi-chì, bē su ná sîn-sian
Take a day off, relax
人無激、不拼。 水無激、不流
人需要被激勵才會拼，才會長進
Lâng to̍h ài lâng kek, chiah ē piàⁿ, chiah ē chiáng-chì
People need to be pushed to work hard. Water needs to be pushed to flow
先顧腹肚，才顧佛祖
【解釋】要先有獨立的經濟能力，再去拜佛祖或是尋求精神方面的糧食；不要只顧拜佛祖或是空想而沒有實際行動，對自身處境絕對沒有幫助
【比喻】吃的重要
袂曉駛船嫌溪彎
自己的能力不足，卻找藉口怪罪外在因素
Ka-kī ê lêng-le̍k bô-kàu, soah tī hia leh koài-tang-koài-sai
Blame others for oneself’s incapability
【同義】
bōe-hiáu kò-chûn hiâm khe e̍h
袂曉划船嫌溪狹
食ho͘ 肥肥，激ho͘ 槌槌
【解釋】說一個人無所事事，吃得腦滿腸肥，還裝作什麼事都不會
【英譯】Being absolutely useless
【同義】
Chia̍h kah pûi-pûi, kek kah thûi-thûi
食甲肥肥，激甲槌槌
氣死驗無傷
【解釋】用來勸人不要沒事把自己氣得半死，氣死了也驗無傷、找不到人索賠
【英譯】Pissing yourself off does not help