If you cannot take things by the head, then take them by the tail.
Proverbs and old sayings about heads, things, contentment
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I tell no, I don't you no but the habit in you prevails. AND the tail of the dog never straightens up even if you hang to it a brick.
Proverbs and old sayings about habits, contentment
IF you are buying a cow, make sure that the price of the tail is included.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
Bite me not, my name is little grizzle; had I a little tail I should be a little lion.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about name
Who shears the sheep's head will live a couple of days, who shears its tail will live a hundred years.
Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about couple, day, heads
The tulip is, among flowers, what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent, a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb, the other in its tail.
Proverbs and old sayings French about voice, flowers, proudness
The fox goes through the corn and does not eat, but brushes it down with his tail.
Proverbs and old sayings
The dog was asked: Why do you bark? - To scare the wolves. - Why do you wag your tail? -What do you think, am I not afraid of wolves?
Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about contentment
What the peacock has too little on his head, he has too much on his tail.
Proverbs and old sayings German about heads
Two farmers each claimed to own a certain cow. While one pulled on its head and the other pulled on its tail, the cow was milked by the lawyer.
Proverbs and old sayings about heads
A dog will not make himself look like a horse just by cutting off his tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
People seek out big shots as flies seek out the elephant's tail.
Proverbs and old sayings about people
The more you stroke the cat's back the more set sets up her tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment
He who gives a monkey as a present doesn't keep hold of its tail.
Proverbs and old sayings about present
The dog says: Master, my life is far too good, hurt me in the tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about life, good, good luck
The master orders the man, the man orders the cat, and the cat orders her tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about man
When you are in a pack of hounds, you either bark or wag your tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment
If you can't hold on to the horse's mane then don't try to hang on to its tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about contentment
Better to die in the clutches of the lion than under the tail of a jackass.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about death
The fish was so fresh that it was being cooked while its tail was still in the sea.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about being, fishing
