In large rivers one finds big fish but one may also be drowned.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fishing
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When the river makes no noise, it is either dried up or much swollen.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He who has a good looking wife, a castle on the river, or a vineyard on the roadside is never without war.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about war, wife, good, good luck
If you find the river flooded, wait.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
Many small brooks will form a big river.
Proverbs and old sayings Swedish
The stones of my river are as soft as a pillow.
Proverbs and old sayings
Water only flows into rivers.
Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian about water
Doesn't paddle, but puts his feet in the river.
Proverbs and old sayings Thai
When the river is filled, Be quick to fetch some into your bucket.
Proverbs and old sayings Thai
Eyes can see widely: They can cross a river in full flood.
Proverbs and old sayings about eyes
If you fall in a river hang on to a snake.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about fall, contentment
A thousand years hence the river will run as it did.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish
You cannot cross a river without getting wet.
Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about contentment
Hunger makes the big fish come out of hiding in the great river.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about hunger, fishing
Do not speak badly of a crocodile when your leg is in the river.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
No matter how huge a hook may be it cannot catch fish in a river.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about trap, fishing
One decade is long enough to change the looks of mountains and rivers.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about change
You cannot blindfold a man and expect him to ferry you across the river.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment, man
When all the water has gone, only the largest stones will remain on the riverbed.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about water
A canoe peddler doesn't tell the crocodile he has along snout until he's crossed the river.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
