Proverbs and old sayings, page 547

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Eat with your mouth, pay with your back.

Proverbs and old sayings

Better your own cod than another's duck.

Proverbs and old sayings

Don't hang all your clothes on one hook.

Proverbs and old sayings about clothes

The parson christens his own child first.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

The pumpkin vine never bears watermelons.

Proverbs and old sayings

The monkey knows which branch to swing on.

Proverbs and old sayings

Speaking French is no proof of intelligence.

Proverbs and old sayings about intelligence

Never hang your hat higher than you can reach.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

When the big fish fight the shrimps must lie low.

Proverbs and old sayings about fight, lie, fishing

The tail of an ox says, Time goes, time comes.

Proverbs and old sayings about time

If you dig a pit for me, you dig one for yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Cutting off a mule's ears doesn't make it a horse.

Proverbs and old sayings

Laugh at the rice and you will weep for the lentil.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

You must have slept with jean to know how he snores.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Tell me who you love, and I'll tell you who you are.

Proverbs and old sayings about love, contentment

The goat that climbs up the rock also has to go down.

Proverbs and old sayings about rocks

The frog knows more about the rain than the calendar.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain

The sea breeze blows the pelican where he wants to go.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you see what the ducks eat then you eat no more duck.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

A beautiful funeral does not necessarily lead to paradise.

Proverbs and old sayings about paradise