Proverbs and old sayings, page 5

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Shiny are the distant hills

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

While the sun is shining, bask in it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun

Death fiddles and we dance.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about dance, death, americans

A full ear of corn will bend its head; an empty ear will stand upright.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about heads, americans

Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the rear and man from all sides.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about fear, man

Too much hope deceives.

Proverbs and old sayings British about hope

One's own fire is pleasant.

Proverbs and old sayings British about fire, fire brigade

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Win a cat and lose a cow -- the consequence of litigation.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about consequences

The one who sits on the ground need not fear a fall.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about fear, fall, need

Eat when you're hungry, and drink when you're dry.

Proverbs and old sayings English about drinking

He who sowed wind, reaps a typhoon.

Proverbs and old sayings

Believe that, and drink some water.

Proverbs and old sayings French about drinking, water

In a good family the husband is deaf and the wife blind.

Proverbs and old sayings French about family, husband, blind, wife, good, good luck

What you lose in the fire, you will find amongst the ashes.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fire, fire brigade

Money talks, although the dog may bark.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about money

The generous and bold have the best lives.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

Take gifts with a sigh because most men give in order to be paid.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about order, gifts, man

He would drown in a spoonful of water.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about water

Woman was born three days earlier than the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about day, devil, woman