Proverbs and old sayings, page 548

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Good looking and good luck don't always walk the same road.

Proverbs and old sayings about good luck, bad luck, good

The beggar that begs near another beggar will never be rich.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth

Never dress in mourning before the dead man is in his coffin.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

The crow may be caged, but its thoughts are in the cornfield.

Proverbs and old sayings

If there were no sighing in the world, the world would stifle.

Proverbs and old sayings about world

Be sure that the candle is lit before you throw away the match.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The higher the monkey climbs, the more it is exposed to danger.

Proverbs and old sayings about danger

Bathe other people's children but don't wash behind their ears.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, people

It's by following his friends that a crab lost its hiding place.

Proverbs and old sayings

You can hate the dog, but do not tell him that his teeth are dirty.

Proverbs and old sayings about hate, contentment

You never meet your mother-in-law on the day that you are welldressed.

Proverbs and old sayings about law, mother, day, contentment

Don't call the alligator big-mouth till you have crossed the river.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The back dies for the shoulder and the shoulder knows nothing about it.

Proverbs and old sayings about nothing

You can make a mule cross the river but you cant make him drink the water.

Proverbs and old sayings about drinking, water, contentment

When the crocodile says that the river crossing is deep you must believe it.

Proverbs and old sayings about faith, contentment

If you don't lift the skirt of a bride you don't know what she wears under it.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Lies never pay the toll.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian

Polite words open iron gates.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about word

Every bird has a hawk above it.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian

Better be in debt than in shame.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about shame