What God will, no frost can kill.
Meaning: Divine purpose transcends natural destruction; what's meant to survive will endure despite hardship.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Challenge
- Touch a galled horse, and he will wince. — Inflicting pain on someone already wounded guarantees a sharp, defensive reaction.
- When God wills, all winds bring rain. — Divine providence operates beyond human understanding; circumstances we cannot control ma…
- Grasp no more than thy hand will hold. — Overreaching beyond your capacity leads to losing everything you might have secured.
- A great dowry is a bed full of troubles. — Excessive wealth given in marriage creates domestic conflict rather than harmony or secur…
- Green wood makes a hot fire. — Unseasoned effort burns intensely but wastefully, consuming energy without producing last…
- Grief pent up will burst the heart. — Unexpressed sorrow accumulates internally until it causes emotional and physical harm.
From our tongue twisters
- De kat krabt de krullen van de trap. — A 'kr' cluster drill — Dutch consonant pileups that beginners approach with dread.
- Als vliegen achter vliegen vliegen, vliegen vliegen vliegen achterna. — The same noun/verb homograph trap as the German version — vliegen does triple duty.
- 간장 공장 공장장은 장 공장장이고 된장 공장 공장장은 강 공장장이다. (Ganjang gongjang gongjangjang eun Jang gongjangjang igo, doenjang gongjang gongjangjang eun Gang gongjangjang ida.) — A 'gong/jang/gang' syllable storm — the two surnames (Jang/Gang) swap while the rest stay…