Dark ground gives good bread; white ground is quickly tired.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about dark, good, good luck
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Seed ground that has been fallow, not ground that has just yielded fruitfully.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill, does not know that it is still on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
It's tough trying to keep your feet on the ground, your head above the clouds, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball and your ear to the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings about heads
The eagle flies in the sky, but nests on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Albanian about sky
A foot must never quarrel with the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A strong man never stays long in the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
The life of a groundnut lies between two shells.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about life
If you have ground nuts in your room expect rats.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
A lazy man's farm is the breeding ground for snakes.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
I don't sow ground nuts when the monkey is watching.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A tree cannot stand on the ground without its roots.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Running water can never jump over a hole in the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about water
The bird is up in the sky but its eyes are on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sky, eyes
He who holds somebody on the ground is holding himself too.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
However loud an ant shouts from the ground, no one will hear it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
When a slippery ground lies ahead do not laugh at those who have fallen.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The worm that exposes itself on the ground is waiting for a lucky bird to devour it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
If you don't eat mangos that fall on the ground, be sure to be strong enough to pick ones on the tree.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, contentment
