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Silk and velvet put out the kitchen fire.

Proverbs and old sayings German about kitchen, fire, fire brigade

Silk is cut best with old scissors.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about contentment

You cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness, contentment

Dignity does not consist in a silk dress.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about dignity, americans

Though the fox wear silk, he is still a fox.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

More handy than a silk worm.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you dress in gold or silk, you are still the same green grocer.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Dress the monkey in silk and it is still a monkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Argentinian

Ye canna mak a silk purse out o' a sow's lug.

Proverbs and old sayings British

With patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

Proverbs and old sayings British about salary, patience

Pull a strand of silk from a tangled mass.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Patience and the mulberry leaf become a silk robe.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about salary, patience

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about salary, patience, time

There's no making a silk purse of a sow's ear.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A broken leg is not healed by a silk stocking.

Proverbs and old sayings English

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment

We are all Adam's children, but silk makes the difference.

Proverbs and old sayings English about children

In a garment made of silk there are no fleas.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian