The cock belongs to one household, but when it crows it is heard in the whole village.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
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As long as a cock lives, it is said to have belonged to the child of the house; but when it is slaughtered for super, it is then that the real owner emerges.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about real estate, children, home, house
A big log is a shame to the fire, an evil person is a shame to the house.
Proverbs and old sayings about shame, people, fire, fire brigade, home, house
Men build houses; women build homes.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about man, americans
A genius does not shout his wisdom from the housetops.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about genius, wisdom, americans
The daughter of a spry old woman makes a poor housekeeper.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about woman, americans, old, olderness
Education doesn't come by bumping your head against the school house.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about education, school, heads, home, house, americans
Two scorpions living in the same hole will get along better than two sisters in the same house.
Proverbs and old sayings about home, house
A girl with a golden cradle doesn't remain long in her father's house.
Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about home, house
When someone's wealth improves, all of a sudden their house's columns appear to be crooked.
Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about wealth, home, house
Adjoining houses always burn.
Proverbs and old sayings Bantu
Empty houses are full of noises.
Proverbs and old sayings Basques
There is no household without domestic fight.
Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about fight
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs and old sayings about home, house, woman
Men make houses, women make homes.
Proverbs and old sayings British about man
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Proverbs and old sayings British about commerce, man
They do not want him in the village, he asks for the priest's house.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about home, house
Patience in the household is a real treasure.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about treasure, real estate, patience
Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about kitchen
The household with its own elder has indeed its own adornment.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
