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It is a bad idea to take a thorn out of someone else's foot and put it into your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about idea, bad luck, bad

The person who grew up without correction will find his mouth slipping instead of his foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about people

He who would go further than his horse, must alight and go on foot.

Proverbs and old sayings German

In my homeland I possess one hundred horses, yet if I go, I go on foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about homeland

When they came to shoe the horse of the sultan, along comes the beetle and sticks out her foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese

If you're going to tell the truth, you better have one foot in the stirrup.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about truth, contentment

A thorn that pierces the toe should be burned by the light of a new moon lest the devil possess the foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about moon, light, devil

He pushes it away with the hand, but pulls it forward with the foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

The woman who always complains and is never satisfied with anything is like an annoying flea on the foot.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman

The frog saw how the horses were shod, so she also lifted up her foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish