A bird in the hand is worth twa in the bush.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
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Comes to my hand like the bowl of a pint stoup.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Every man for his ain hand, as henry wynd fought.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about man
Never go to the devil and a dish-clout in your hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about devil
He that lippens to bodden ploughs, his hand lies lee.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Put your hand nae farther oot than your sleeve will reach.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
He that has his hand in the lion's mouth maun tak it out the best way he can.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
God keep ill gear out o' my hands; for if my hand ance get it, my heart winna part wi't, sae prayed the gude earl of eglinton.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heart, god
A sparrow in the hand is better then a pigeon on the branch.
Proverbs and old sayings Serbian
Who seizes too much with his own hand, will have everything slip away and will hold nothing.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about nothing
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation and its destiny.
Proverbs and old sayings about rocks, rules, nation, destiny
You cannot hide the sun with one hand.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about sun, americans, contentment
To the bold man fortune gives her hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wealth, man
A crazy vessel never falls from the hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Possession and good right, with lance in hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about rightness, good, good luck
He who trifles with his enemy dies by his hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about enemies
The wise hand does not all that the tongue says.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He who makes light of his enemy dies by his hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about light, enemies
Give a clown your foot, and he'll take your hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about clowns
Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
