Scottish proverb:
It tak's a long spoon to tae sup wi' the devil--or wi' a Fifer. The first drop
of broth is the hottest.

Hungarian proverbs:
Olcs??snak h?a leve. Cheap meat yields poor soup.
Nem eszik a levest olyanforr??ugy fozik. Soup is not eaten as hot as it's cooked.

H?van m? fekete leves. The black soup (coffee) is still to come.
(From the Turkish occupation, when unpleasant matters at dinner
were never broached by the invaders until dinner was over and their
exotic coffee was served)

T? ker?eves, mint a h?I> The soup cost more than the meat.

Sok szak? els?? a levest. Many cooks put too much salt in the soup.

Welsh expressions:
"To be full of loud-mouth soup" is to be drunk.
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the
taste of wisdom.Mexican expression, contributed by Aimee Day of Seattle:

hacer caldo, or to "make soup," is a common expression that
means to cuddle, to neck, or to pet.

French proverbs:
La soupe fait le soldat, or "Soup makes the soldier"
"Old chickens make the best soup"
"Eat soup first and eat it last,and live to till a hundred years be passed"
"To make a good soup, the pot must only simmer or 'smile'"
On British cooking--"If it's cold it's soup, if it's warm, it's beer
About someone who is short tempered and will boil over easily--
"soup au lait" or "milk soup"un potage à la grecque--a tasteless soup, a
disappointment, a counterfeit.

Hot & Cold soup lessons:
Arab--"One who has been burned by the soup begins to blow on the yoghurt"
Japanese--"Having learned his lesson with hot soup, he blows cold fish salad"
Russian--"Who has been scalded with hot soup blows on cold water"
Rumanian--"He who burnt himself with soup blows also in the sour milk"

Spanish proverb:
"Of soup and love, the first is best"

Corsican proverbs:
Ou mange la soupe ou...saute par la fenêtre, "Either eat your
soup...or jump out the window" (contributed by Art Meyer) Mettrez
due lentiglie dans la marmite pour le dîner, or "Put 'two lentils'
(meaning lots) in the soup kettle
for dinner"Avez vous deja souper?, or
"Have you eaten dinner yet?"

African proverbs:
Annang--"A soup that tastes good by licking must taste better by eating"
Wolof--"Much soup is better than much broth"
Igbo--"The chicken always blames the soup pot for its tragic circumstance
instead of the person who slit its throat"
Yoruba: Soki l'obe oge, "Soup is not measured by its quantity"
Nigerian President Obasanjo's quote on the eve of his team match with
the Brits in World Cup 2002: "The soup wey go sweet go
need plently fire" (no sweat, no win)
Nigeria--"Mother's soup is always the best in the world"
Ghana: "Plenty fish or meat does not spoil the soup"

Armenian proverb:
"Eat bad soup with a big spoon"
Balkan proverb:
He is not an honest man who will burn his tongue and not tell the company
that the soup is hot.

Estonian proverb:
"One cannot make soup out of beauty"