昨日の記事「#3419. 英語ことわざのキーワード」 ([2018-09-06-1]) を受けて，英語ことわざを特徴づける50のキーワードが実際にいくつか含まれていることわざを挙げておきたい．安藤リストの全866件のなかから，5つ以上のキーワードを含むことわざ（重複あり）は33件ほど見つかった．  *

　・ No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil.
　・ See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
　・ Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
　・ Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
　・ A good neighbor is better than a brother far off.
　・ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
　・ Half a loaf is better than no bread.
　・ Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a horse.
　・ A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.
　・ A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
　・ A man may lead (or take) a horse to the water but he cannot make him drink.
　・ A good wife and health is a man's best wealth.
　・ Where there is a will, there is a way.
　・ We may not expect a good whelp from an ill dog.
　・ The good you do for others is good you do yourself.
　・ Poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience.
　・ It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.
　・ It is better to be stung by a nettle than pricked by a rose.
　・ In a calm sea every man is a pilot.
　・ He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend.
　・ Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you.
　・ Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
　・ Adversity makes a man wise.
　・ A picture is worth a thousand words.
　・ A wise man never wants a weapon.
　・ A good wife makes a good husband.
　・ A good wife is a good prize.
　・ A good husband makes a good wife.
　・ A good beginning makes a good ending.
　・ A friend who shares is a friend who cares.
　・ A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
　・ A friend in need is a friend indeed.
　・ A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

　なるほど，英語ことわざの典型がいかなるものか，何となくつかめてくる．賢愚，邪正，貧福，貴賤．キーワードを組み合わせれば，適当なことわざを作れてしまえそうなほどだ．逆にいえば，少なからぬことわざが表わす知恵や真理というものは，限られた数のキーワードを組み合わせることによって表現できるほどのものなのかもしれない．だから内容も軽いと言いたいわけではなく，むしろ重いのだろう．

　・ 安藤 邦男　『ことわざから探る　英米人の知恵と考え方』　開拓社，2018年．

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