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A lame cat is better than a swift horse when rats infest the palace.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A hobbling cat is better than a fast horse when rats swarm the palace.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fasting

A horse with two masters is always skinny; the ship with two captains sinks.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

When your horse is on the brink of a precipice it is too late to pull the reins.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The day your horse dies and your money's lost, your relatives change to strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, money, day

The day your horse dies and your money's gone, your relatives change into strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, money, day

You think you lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back to you someday.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

You think you've lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back to you someday.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

It is too late for a galloping horse to stop at a clip; it is useless for a sinking boat to be mended in the middle of a river.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and continually beating her.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, contentment

A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about salary, night, man

If two ride on a horse, one must ride behind.

Proverbs and old sayings

My spurs and another's horse.

Proverbs and old sayings

The owner's eye fattens the horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

A cursed horse has a shining coat.

Proverbs and old sayings

The worst kick is from a trained horse.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who is born a mule can never be a horse.

Proverbs and old sayings

A horse aged thirty: don't add any more years.

Proverbs and old sayings

Once a horse is old, ticks and flies flock to it.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness