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Never lose heart because whatever is hot must in the end turn cold.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about end, heart
The house rat who goes swimming with his friend the lizard will die from cold.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about death, home, house
If you wait for the roasted liver to cool it will get cold in someone else's mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Until a crab finds itself in a very hot pot of soup, it will never understand that water can be both cold and hot.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about water
It makes no sense to try to forge the iron whilst it is still cold.
Proverbs and old sayings about common sense, sense
One who tries to hide with a dog, a child, a goat, or a person with a cold, will not remain hidden.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about children, people
Marriage is the opposite to a fever attack; it begins very hot and ends very cold.
Proverbs and old sayings German about attack, end, marriage
A woman is like a blanket: If you cover yourself with it, it bothers you; if you throw it aside you will feel the cold.
Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about contentment, woman
Under the mountains is silver and gold, But under the night sky, hunger and cold.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about hunger, sky, night
If there are two cooks in one house, the soup is either too salty or too cold.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian about kitchen, home, house
Little kens the wife that sits by the fire, how the wind blows cold in hurle-burle swyre.
Proverbs and old sayings about wife, fire, fire brigade
Who does not want to work in the heat, will have to starve in the cold.
Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about work
Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.
Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about air, food, things
