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Dress up a rod, it looks like a baron. Dress up a stick of heather, it looks like a lady.

Proverbs and old sayings

Dress up once a year, and dress up in cloth.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Dress the monkey in silk and it is still a monkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Argentinian

Dress up a stick and you get a doll.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about contentment

Dress up a stick and it'll be a beautiful bride.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

Dress makes the man.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

Dressed like a windmill.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Dress slowly when you are in a hurry.

Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment

Dress up a stick and it does not appear to be a stick.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Dress up a country bumpkin and he looks like a baron.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about country

How to dress? When the money is going from you wear anything you like. When the money is coming to you, dress your best.

Proverbs and old sayings about money, contentment

Beauty is ten, nine of which is dressing.

Proverbs and old sayings Azere about beauty

Do not make the dress before the child is born.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

Be aware of the idiot, for he is like an old dress. Every time you patch it, the wind will tear it back again.

Proverbs and old sayings about time, old, olderness, contentment

Wearing a mended dress is better than being naked.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about being

Being well dressed does not prevent one from being poor.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about being

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie, truth

If you decide to dress up a lizard you should count for its tail.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment