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Herring in the land, the doctor at a stand.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Let ilka herring hing by its ain head.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads

Of bad debtors you make take spoilt herrings.

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

Better a salt herring on your own table, than a fresh pike on another man's.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

Don't cry herrings till they are in the net.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The cask always smells of the herring.

Proverbs and old sayings French

You sell more herrings on the market than sole.

Proverbs and old sayings French about commerce, stores, contentment

Every herring must hang by its own gill.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He couldn't drag a herring off the coals.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

When herring mauger him bone show.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

The herringman hates the fisherman.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

The food is half the provisions, the rest is herring and potatoes.

Proverbs and old sayings about rest, food

It is kindly that the poke fair of the Herring.

Proverbs and old sayings

And a pennyworth o' herring.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Neither fish nor flesh nor good red herring.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about fishing, good, good luck

It's but kindly that the pock savour of the herring.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

If you want to eat pickled herring, think about the thirst you will have.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about contentment

If you would be a merchant fine, beware o' auld horses, herring, and wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about wine, contentment