He who has a straw tail is always in fear of its catching fire.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fear, fire, fire brigade
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A gift delayed, and long expected, is not given, but sold dear.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about gifts
It is a sorry house where the hens crow and the cock is silent.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about home, house
Public money is like holy water, every one helps himself to it.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about public, money, water
One bird in hand is better far Than two that in the bushes are.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
It is too late to come with water when the house is burnt down.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about home, house, water
When your neighbor's house is on fire, carry water to your own.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fire, fire brigade, home, house, water
It is better to be condemned by many doctors than by one judge.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about judges
If I sleep, I sleep for myself; if I work, I know not for whom.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sleep, work
A cat that licks the spit is not to be trusted with roast meat.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
One enemy is too much for a man, and a hundred friends too few.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies, man
One eye of the master sees more than four eyes of his servants.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about eyes
It is a bad thing to be a knave, but worse to be known for one.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about things, bad luck, bad
When the sun shines on thee, thou needest not care for the moon.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about moon, sun
Many scruple to spit in church, and afterwards defile the altar.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wealth, contentment
He is a fool who does not know from what quarter the wind blows.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He that marries a widow with four children marries four thieves.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves, children
He who is the cause of his own misfortune may bewail it himself.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He who knows nothing knows enough, if he knows how to be silent.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about nothing
