Work for nought makes folks dead lazy.
Proverbs and old sayings British about work
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To dead men and absent there are no friends left.
Proverbs and old sayings British about absent, man
A hero only appears once the tiger is dead.
Proverbs and old sayings about heroism
A dead songbird gives us no meat.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
A blind cat catches only a dead rat.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about blind
Better a live beggar than a dead king.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
There are two perfect men one dead, and the other unborn.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about perfection, man
Of a dead leopard we keep the skin, of man his reputation.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about prestige, man
Corner a dog in a dead-end street and it will turn and bite.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about end
There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man, good, good luck
With money you can make the dead speak; without it you can't even keep the deaf quiet.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about quiet, money, contentment
You inherit from the dead, not from the sick.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about contentment
Don't cut off the monkey's tail before it is dead.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese
No matter how hard you throw a dead fish in the water, it still won't swim.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about fishing, water, contentment
Alive one hour, dead another.
Proverbs and old sayings
Never dress in mourning before the dead man is in his coffin.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
Don't measure a wolf's tail until he is dead.
Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about measure
Look not out for dead men's shoes.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
Who leaves a son isn't really dead.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Before a man learns to hang he is half dead.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
