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Lips go, laps go, he that eats, let him pay.

Proverbs and old sayings

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

Loose lips sink ships

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

He who guards his lips, guards his life.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about life

If rain beats the teeth, the lips get the blame.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rain

Sometimes the face can tell what the lips can't say.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about face

The strength of the elderly is in the ears and on the lips.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off your lips.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

What comes from the lips reaches the ears, what comes from the heart reaches the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heart

Fear a silent man. He has lips like a drum.

Proverbs and old sayings about fear, man

Ye're like the miller's dog--ye lick your lips ere the pock be opened.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Donkey's lips don't fit onto a horse's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If the lips are gone, the teeth will grow cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Donkey's lips do not fit in with a horse's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

You can't say prruci without lips.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

He has the Bible on his lips, but not in his heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about heart

A fool's heart dances on his lips.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heart

Love talks, even with closed lips.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

Who lends his lips to nought but blame, has in his heart no love of fame.

Proverbs and old sayings German about fame, heart, love

Before you let your voice be heard, first lick your lips.

Proverbs and old sayings about voice, contentment