Search in folklore: flea

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A flea can trouble a lion more than the lion can harm a flea.

Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about problems

The earth does not shake when the flea coughs.

Proverbs and old sayings Australian about earth

An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about trap

The flea troubles him who has got it in his ear.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems

A flea on top of a bald head.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heads

Don't strike a flea on a tiger's head.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heads

A flea on the top of a bald head - it is only too apparent.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heads

The fatter the flea, the leaner the dog.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea.

Proverbs and old sayings German about nothing

A smokey cabin, a handful of spuds and a flea-filled bed.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

One flea does not hinder sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about obstacles, sleep

The elephant does not feel a flea-bite.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

If a flea had money, it would buy its own dog.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about commerce, money

Darg-flea tell him pickeny him mustn't say him dead till him ketch pon finger nail.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

The flea sinned, the reed-mat got the beating.

Proverbs and old sayings

He invokes heaven if a flea bites him.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

We have rowed well, said the flea as the fishing boat arrives at its mooring.

Proverbs and old sayings about fishing

Dust does not rise because a dog-flea hops.

Proverbs and old sayings

Don't notice the tiny flea in the other person's hair and overlook the lumbering yak on your own nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about people

We will burn a blanket to kill a flea.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish