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If the lion's skin cannot, the fox's shall.

Proverbs and old sayings Romanian

Don't sell the skin till you've caught the bear.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about commerce

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Proverbs and old sayings English

When all is wet to the skin, hold out yet.

Proverbs and old sayings English

You can have no more of a cat than her skin.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes straight to the bone.

Proverbs and old sayings English about beauty

The skin creaks according to the country.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about country

Mad dogs get their skin torn.

Proverbs and old sayings

An eager dog often gets a torn skin.

Proverbs and old sayings

There lies often falsehood beneath a pretty skin.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

The wolf will die in his skin.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Lion-skins were never had cheap.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The skin is nearer than the shirt.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Starlings are skinny because they fly in a group.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He has a good pledge of the cat who has her skin.

Proverbs and old sayings French about good, good luck

Man is the only mammal that can be skinned more than once.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

Men's skins have many colors, but human blood is always red.

Proverbs and old sayings French about human imperfections, blood, man

The skinnier the dog, the more fleas he has.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The fox changes his skin, but keeps the rogue.

Proverbs and old sayings German

A cat has nine lives, as the onion seven skins.

Proverbs and old sayings German