To take the rat by the tail.
Proverbs and old sayings French
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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
