A man must keep his mouth open a long while before a roast pigeon files into it.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
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The heart is a locket that does not open easily.
Proverbs and old sayings about heart
Kicking in an open door.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
The open door invites the thief.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves
Many open a door to shut a window.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He who would travel through the land, must go with open purse in hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
All offices are greasy (i.e. open to receive what the Dutch call smear-money, a term derived from the fee paid for greasing wheels).
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about money
When the treasure chest is open, even the just man sins.
Proverbs and old sayings about treasure, sin, man
An open door may tempt a saint.
Proverbs and old sayings English about saints
Beauty may open doors but only virtue enters.
Proverbs and old sayings English about virtue, beauty
Better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Proverbs and old sayings English about doubt, thinking
It is a sin against hospitality to open the doors and shut up the countenance.
Proverbs and old sayings English about sin
Unless you call out, who will open the door?
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about contentment
Every art requires the open person.
Proverbs and old sayings French about art, magic, people
A door must either be open or shut.
Proverbs and old sayings French
A bad bush is better than an open field.
Proverbs and old sayings French about bad luck, bad
Nobles and dogs leave the door open.
Proverbs and old sayings German
God gives, but man must open his hand.
Proverbs and old sayings German about god, man
A close mouth and open eyes never did any one harm.
Proverbs and old sayings German about eyes
Death has the key to open the miser's chest.
Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about death
