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Who pays in advance eats stinking fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fishing

You don't cast a net into a river that has no fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fishing, contentment

The fellow roasts his fish in the flames of a fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fishing, fire, fire brigade

That fellow roasts his fish in the flames of a fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fishing, fire, fire brigade

It's pointless to fish if there's no bait on the hook.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about pointless, fishing

To ward off the boredom of life, eat snails in May and fish in August.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about boredom, fishing, life

If you want to eat freshly caught fish, you don't want to have a tight purse.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fishing, contentment

The fish was so fresh that it was being cooked while its tail was still in the sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about being, fishing

Nobel and rich are the Messinans, heads of the kingdom are the Palermitani, the Catanians have a contented heart, and in Cefalu they are rich with fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, wealth, fishing, heart

The pool has dried up, and the fish is in trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems, fishing

She is nether fish nor fowl.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fishing

All's fish that comes to the net.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fishing

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fishing

He who catches one fish is a fisherman.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fishing

To lie and eat fish demand a lot of skill.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about lie, fishing

Come fish, come frog, all goes into the basket.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fishing

He who wants to catch fish must not mind a wetting.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about mind, trap, fishing

It is in vain to cast nets in a river where there are no fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fishing

In large rivers one finds big fish but one may also be drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fishing

Friday pretexts for not fasting (meaning pleas of indisposition for not eating fish. )

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fasting, fishing