Proverbs and old sayings, page 430

43574 proverbs and old sayings

However little you think of the elephant, you can't say it won't fill a pot.

Proverbs and old sayings Cameroonian

One father can feed seven children, but seven children cannot feed one father.

Proverbs and old sayings Cameroonian about children

You can't catch skunks with mice.

Proverbs and old sayings Canadian

When you talk about the sun, you will see her beams.

Proverbs and old sayings Canadian about sun

Walk a mile in my moccasins to learn where they pinch.

Proverbs and old sayings Canadian

Do not yell dinner until your knife is in the loaf.

Proverbs and old sayings Canadian

The devil places a pillow for a drunken man to fall upon.

Proverbs and old sayings Canadian about fall, devil, man

Patience is a tree whose root is bitter, but its fruit is very sweet.

Proverbs and old sayings Canadian about bitter, patience

Love does much, money does all.

Proverbs and old sayings Catalan about money, love

God forgives the sin of gluttony.

Proverbs and old sayings Catalan about sin, god

Secret fire is discovered by its smoke.

Proverbs and old sayings Catalan about smoke, secret, fire, fire brigade

For love of the ox the wolf licks the yoke.

Proverbs and old sayings Catalan about love

He who hunts after bargains will scratch his head.

Proverbs and old sayings Catalan about heads

He who waits for another's platter has a cold meal.

Proverbs and old sayings Catalan

Who is tender in everything is a fool in everything.

Proverbs and old sayings Catalan

It's better that it should make you sick than that you don't eat it at all.

Proverbs and old sayings Catalan

A whore in spring, a nun in autumn.

Proverbs and old sayings about autumn, spring

The best word is the unspoken word.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

At a wedding a bride eats the least.

Proverbs and old sayings about marriage

In times of famine no bread is stale.

Proverbs and old sayings