Proverbs and old sayings, page 6

43574 proverbs and old sayings

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about heads, americans

I complained because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

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

A hundred no's are less painful than one insincere yes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

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

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about fear, fall, need

A hawk kills because it is his nature; a man because it is his pleasure.

Proverbs and old sayings about pleasure, nature, man

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

Proverbs and old sayings English about drinking, contentment

He who sowed wind, reaps a typhoon.

Proverbs and old sayings

Believe that, and drink some water.

Proverbs and old sayings French about faith, 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, contentment

Money talks, although the dog may bark.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about money

Money makes the horse gallop whether he has shoes or not.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about money

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

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about order, gifts, man

You must take the fat with the lean.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

He would drown in a spoonful of water.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about water