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A chameleon can only change its colour but never change its skin.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about change
Man is like a banana: when he leaves the bunch, he gets skinned.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man
All is well: for if the bride has not fair hair, she has a fair skin.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Who does not wish to be like the wolf let him not wear its skin.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wish
A dog that has once tasted the flesh cannot be kept from the skin.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about good, good luck
Eat and take belly, because tomorrow the assistant of the executioner will come to take the skin.
Proverbs and old sayings about executioners
In January you slaughter the lambs in February you work the skins.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about work
Before it's ready to eat the fig must be mature, dripping, with a bent neck and a thin skin.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
He who slaughters a beast does not hesitate about skinning it.
Proverbs and old sayings
