Proverbs and old sayings, page 2017

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Even the sharpest ear cannot hear an ant singing.

Proverbs and old sayings

That which does the cultivating is in the stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings

Not all the trees in the forest make good firewood.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

If you are wearing shoes, you don't fear the thorns.

Proverbs and old sayings about fear, contentment

If our feet leave the earth we no longer live in peace.

Proverbs and old sayings about peace, earth

The hand suffers at work, but the mouth still must eat.

Proverbs and old sayings about work

You can't feed your donkey only when you need to ride it.

Proverbs and old sayings about need, contentment

A young crocodile does not cry when he falls in the water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

A naked man will often laugh at someone with torn clothes.

Proverbs and old sayings about clothes, man

When a hen is brooding, another hen cannot sit on her eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings

If Nakedness promises you a piece of cloth, ask him his name.

Proverbs and old sayings about name, contentment

They have taken the cow by the horns in order to milk it better.

Proverbs and old sayings about order

It is sad when the elephant dies, but the whole tribe can feed on it.

Proverbs and old sayings

No one likes to eat crumbs from a feast; everyone likes to sit at the table.

Proverbs and old sayings about feast

Even if a log lies in the water for a long time, it does not become a crocodile.

Proverbs and old sayings about time, water

If a dog bites you and you don't bite him back, it will say that you have no teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

When the monkey can't reach the ripe banana with his hand, he says it is not sweet.

Proverbs and old sayings

Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fatted ox where there is hatred.

Proverbs and old sayings about love

We desire to bequest two things to our children--the first one is roots; the other one is wings.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, things

Someone who is pointing his finger to another person is not always aware that the four remaining fingers are pointing in his direction.

Proverbs and old sayings about people