A lady has to be of the right cut and the right measure to make a pretty figure.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about measure
Proverbs and old sayings about Measure, page 4
70 proverbs and old sayings about measure
If the olive trees blossom in April, you'll have enough to collect them with barrels; if they bud in May, you'll have enough to fill a small measure; but if as late as June, you'll only be collecting handfuls.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about measure
Weight and measure save a man toil.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about measure
There is no such witness as a good measure of wine.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about measure
Little by little fills up the measure.
Proverbs and old sayings about measure
Measure three times before you cut once.
Proverbs and old sayings about measure
Measure a thousand times, cut once.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about measure
Measure a thousand times and cut once.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about measure
Measure the corn of others with your own bushel.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about measure
You can't measure the whole world with your own yardstick.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about measure
