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A bellyful is one of meat, drink, or sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings English about sadness, drinking

If it were not for the belly, the back might wear gold.

Proverbs and old sayings English

The belly robs the back.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A full belly counsels well.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The belly overrules the head.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

A full belly sets a man jigging.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

No clock is more regular than the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A bellyfull of gluttony will never study willingly.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The bagpipe never utters a work till its belly is full.

Proverbs and old sayings French about work

Don't make an oven of your cap or a garden of your belly.

Proverbs and old sayings French about garden

You dance better with a full belly than with a new dress.

Proverbs and old sayings French about dance, contentment

The belly is a bad adviser.

Proverbs and old sayings German about bad luck, bad

A light belly, heavy heart.

Proverbs and old sayings German about light, heart

The belly has no conscience.

Proverbs and old sayings German about conscience

Promises don't fill the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The eye is bigger than the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The belly does not have a conscience.

Proverbs and old sayings German about conscience

There's no putting off a lie upon the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings German about lie

So long as the belly is silent all whores are virgins.

Proverbs and old sayings German

A fat belly did not invent gun powder.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek