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According to his pinions the bird flies.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Better to be a free bird than a captive king.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The bird once out of hand is hard to recover.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Though the bird's in the net It may get away yet.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is a lazy bird that will not build its own nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

One bird in the hand is better than two on the roof.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

If you cannot get the bird, get one of its feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about contentment

One bird in your hand is better than ten on the roof.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

However high a bird may soar, it seeks its food on earth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about food, earth

If a bird knew how poor he was it wouldn't sing so beautifully.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A bird may be ever so small, it always seeks a nest of its own.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about food, god

Though the bird may fly over your head, let it not make its nest in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads

No matter how high a bird can fly, it still has to look for food on the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about food

Every bird sings as it is beaked.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

'Tis a fat bird that bastes itself.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Where the bird was hatched it haunts.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Every shot does not bring down a bird.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

By slow degrees the bird builds his nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Slowly but surely, the bird builds its nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch