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Dividing the pelt of a bear not yet killed.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

It is hunger that killed the man with many wives.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunger, man

Suppers have killed more than doctors have ever cured.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A messenger is not killed.

Proverbs and old sayings

An elephant hunter usually gets killed by an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunters

Do not whirl a snake in the air when you have killed it; the ones which remain in their holes see you.

Proverbs and old sayings about air, contentment

The animal that is coming to be killed does not hear the hunter cough.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunters

The cock that crows at the wrong time is killed.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about bad, time

The crane was killed by the fishhook.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

Elephants are killed for their ivory, birds for their feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

'I nearly killed the bird. ' no one can eat 'nearly' in a stew.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

It is a surprise that the cock should hold a grudge against the pot, instead of the knife that killed it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

It is better if you could say Here he ran away than Here he was killed.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment