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To take the rat by the tail.

Proverbs and old sayings French

One can't make head or tail of it.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

The tail is the hardest to scourge.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Talk of the wolf and you see his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment

Every fox carries his tail his own way.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

You cannot make a beautiful plumage out of a pig's tail.

Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment

He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Pulling the devil by the tail does not lead far young or old.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil, old, olderness

A cow does not know what her tail is worth until she has lost it.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A dog with a docked tail is not afraid that its backside can be seen.

Proverbs and old sayings French

When a cow is lost it is something to recover its tail, were it only to make a handle for one's door.

Proverbs and old sayings French

'Tis hard to hold a conger by the tail.

Proverbs and old sayings

You cannot make a sieve of an ass's tail.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

It is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail.

Proverbs and old sayings German

When the fox wants to catch geese, he wags his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings German about trap

The higher the monkey goes the more he shows his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The dog does not get bread every time he wags his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings German about time

The higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It is not till the cow has lost her tail, that she discovers its value.

Proverbs and old sayings German about value