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The tail of an ox says, Time goes, time comes.

Proverbs and old sayings about time

Don't measure a wolf's tail until he is dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about measure

If the goat had a longer tail he could wipe the stars clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about celebrity, stars

You cannot make a good hunting-horn of a pig's tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about good, good luck, contentment

The day is sure to come when the cow will want her tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about day

The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The cow does not know the value of her tail till she has lost it.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about value

That mouse will have a tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Talk of the wolf and his tail appears.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

If you pull one pig by the tail all the rest squeak.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about rest, contentment

That mouse will have a tail (i.e. The thing will have a long train of consequences).

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about consequences, trains, things

A cat with a straw tail keeps away from fire.

Proverbs and old sayings English about fire, fire brigade

Who lifts a dog's tail is a dog himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian

The tail and repentance go behind.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Regret, like a tail, comes at the end.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about regret, end

Don't catch a leopard by the tail, but if you do, don't let it go.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about trap, contentment

Try not to get hold of a leopard's tail, but if you do -- don't let go.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about contentment

It's the owner of the cow who walks close to her tail.

Proverbs and old sayings

Wherever the head goes, the tail will follow.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads

In the tail lies the venom.

Proverbs and old sayings French