It is as bad to spit out the fire and be shamed, as it is to swallow it and be burnt.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade, bad luck, bad
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A month from a skylark, a half from a finch, a little from a wagtail and not a day from a swallow.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about day
A person who happens by a neighbor's house at dinner time, and is invited to join the meal, does not swallow such large morsels as to break the string of pearls around his neck.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about people, home, house, time
The hard road turns the traveller into the same dust that he has to swallow.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
The robin and the wren are God's cock and hen; the martin and the swallow are God's mate and marrow.
Proverbs and old sayings about god
