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The skin of a lion covering some mongrel beast.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The bear, he never can prevail To lion it for want of tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Despise not the weak: the gnat stings the eyes of the lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about eyes

If the lion's skill will not do, we must sew on that of the fox.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

If the lion's skin falls short, piece it out with that of the fox.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Don't fight a lion with a stick.

Proverbs and old sayings about fight

A lion can run faster than we can, but we can run farther.

Proverbs and old sayings

By the claw you may know the lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about contentment

The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about state, mind

Kindness can pluck the whiskers of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

Once a man has been bitten by a lion, he buys a dog.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Even a weak lion is not bitten by a dog.

Proverbs and old sayings

Necessity turns lion into fox.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

For his master the dog is a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

The dog is a lion in his own house.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about home, house

Be a lion at home and a fox abroad.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about home

Necessity changes a lion into a fox.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

He who doesn't go to war roars like a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about war

When a lion is old, he becomes the plaything of jackals.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about old, olderness

Destroy the lion while he is but a whelp.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about destruction