He that has swallowed the devil may swallow his horns.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil
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How can swallows and sparrows know the thoughts of a great swan?
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
Don't take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about food
Don't take a second mouthful before you have swallowed the first.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about contentment
It is the fear of offence that makes men swallow poison.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about fear, man
The devil can swallow a woman but he can't digest her.
Proverbs and old sayings Polish about devil, woman
Eat the wind and swallow bitterness.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
He avoided the fly and swallowed the spider.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
Ane Swallow makes no summer.
Proverbs and old sayings
Ae swallow makes nae simmer.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
The snail is as sune at its rest as the swallow.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about rest
One cannot blow and swallow at the same time.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about time
A solitary ox shits more than a hundred swallows.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Throats are all alike in swallowing
Proverbs and old sayings Zulu
The mouth that eats should not talk, for it risks swallowing a fly.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The water that a ship sails on is the same water that swallows it up.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water
A person whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow an elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, heart
The human heart is never satisfied, just like the snake that wants to swallow an elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about human imperfections, heart
