Peribahasa Indonesia

"Lebih baik satu burung di tangan daripada sepuluh burung di pohon."

Arti: Better one bird on hand than ten birds on a tree.

"Meaning: "Trouble once started can spark off a chain reaction, often resulting in a great trouble out of control."

"Meaning: A person who talks a lot usually is usually empty inside(of knowledge) (but not always)."

"Meaning: Abandoning something if there are no benefits of using it left."

"Meaning: All the bad things seem to happen at the same time."

"Meaning: Because of only a small mistake, all of the efforts are wasted; Because only a part of the group make a mistake, a whole group's reputation/work is tarnished."

"Meaning: Blaming the wrong reason. Looking for a scapegoat."

"Meaning: Do multiple tasks at one go."

"Meaning: It is not he who advertises for himself the most that can achieve the greatest results."

"Meaning: Once you lost the trust of someone, it is almost impossible to gain it back."

"Meaning: There will be a replacement for everything."

"Membagi sama adil, memotong sama panjang."

"Membelah dada melihat hati"

"Menang jadi arang, kalah jadi abu"

Arti: Kalah ataupun menang sama-sama menderita.

"Mengabui mata orang."

Arti: Menipu orang lain.

"Mengharap burung terbang tinggi, punai di tangan dilepaskan."

Arti: Thinking birds would soar high, pigeon on hand released.

"Menjadi alas kubur"

Arti: Kita yang menanggung semua kejelekannya.

"Merdeka atau mati."

Arti: Freedom or death.

"Mikul duwur mendhem jero."

"Milih milih tebu oleh boleng."

Arti: Terlalu banyak pertimbangan yang akhirnya justru mendapat yang tidak baik.

"Mulat salira, hangrasa wani."

"Munif (2003). Lipstik: sebuah novel. Media Pressindo. p. 79. "

"Nabok nyilih tangan."

Arti: Orang yang bertindak kejahatan namun melalui orang lain.

"Ngluruk tanpa bala, sugih tanpa bendha menang tanpa ngasorake."

Arti: Orang yang kaya ilmu.

"Ngundhuh wohing pakarti."

"No pain, no gain."

"Note: "Hati" means either Liver, or the proverbial "heart", while "Jantung" means the organ "heart"

"Note: That is a very common motto in Indonesian wars against the Dutch colonialisation, usually written Merdeka ataoe mati, because at that time, 'u' was still written as 'oe', just like the current 'y' was 'j', the 'j' was 'dj', and the 'c' was 'tj'."

"Note: Used to describe a very unlucky person who has been having an unlucky streak."

"Ojo Gumunan, Ojo Getunan, Ojo Kagetan, Ojo Aleman."