The lie has short legs
Minciunel thought he could easily escape from Justice and Punishment, but because he has short legs his attempts to reach far have failed. Soon enough he will be caught and will be held responsible because he decided to play with the Truth. But Minciunel is just the comic illustration for the true meaning of the proverb.
The wolf changes his hair, but not his habit
No matter how hard he tried to no longer like lambs, Lupuşor remained as greedy as before when it comes to meat. He tried to quit but without success. Even if he tried to change his nature and behavior several times at school, he was always told that he’ll still be a wolf. In vain Lupuşor wanted to appear as a sheep during history classes, because his teacher still knew it was him. In vain attempts. The wolf remains the same.
“When the cat’s away, the mice will play” (Taking advantage of someone’s absence to break the rules)
Archie, Bart, Chip, and Gus are the most mischievous mice and they always take advantage of every opportunity to have fun. When Thomas the cat goes to visit his friends, the four mice begin to sing, dance and have as much fun as they can. Archie is the one who brings the cheese specialties, while Bart is in charge of arranging the dining room table. Chip brings the musical instruments and the music sheets, and Gus is testing his cooking skills while preparing biscuits and sweet snacks for his little fellows. Come along and party with Archie, Bart, Chip and Gus, but make sure to party as hard as you want, without having to be afraid of the authoritative cat Thomas!
Life belt over hoopoe (Something that comes to aggravate a already precarious situation)
When problems arise one after another, the Romanians say “life belt over hoopoe”. If we thought of Creangă (a famous Romanian author) and of the hoopoe from the linden tree, we would more easily understand why the belt in the Romanian proverb is only making things get tougher. That is why we want neither belts nor hoopoes.
Spike gets out spike (A harm makes you forget the previous harm)
They are Pic and Poc. One day, when Pic got into trouble, Poc jumped in to help him, but the more he tried to get Pic out of troubles, the more he got into troubles himself. When the two joined their forces, they managed to escape the troubles together. But Pic and Poc are just the funny illustration of the proverb’s essence.
“With batty mind and squint glance” (A person you can never count on)
She is Anca but her friends call her “Batty.” Why? Because she is so dizzy and dreamy that her friends can never count on her. But Anca is only the unique illustration of the proverb’s essence.
“The One Who Seeks Finds”
He is Bunny and he lost his carrot hairclip. When he went to visit his bunny neighbors in the burrow, he found out that he had forgotten the pin attached to his tail. But Bunny’s just the funny illustration of the essence proverb.