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There is no dog, be he ever so wicked, but wags his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who has a straw tail is always in fear of its catching fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fear, fire, fire brigade

The ass does not know the worth of this tail till he has lost it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who takes an eel by the tail and a woman at her word, may say he holds nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about word, woman, nothing

Cow non dead him wi shak him tail

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

Monkey mus' know weh 'im gwine put 'im tail, before 'im order trousiz.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about order

The head of a dragon, the tail of a snake.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about heads

The dog that wags its tail won't be beaten.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Every fox praises its tail.

Proverbs and old sayings

A poor old horse will have a worn out tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about old, olderness

A fox is known by this tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

You hold an eel by the tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about contentment

The bear wants a tail and cannot be a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

No peacock envies another peacock his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

While between two stools my tail go to the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The bear, he never can prevail To lion it for want of tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

You hold an eel by the tail. [You are dealing with a slippery fellow. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about contentment

To remove the hairs from a horse's tail, one by one must be plucked out.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Roosters' tail feathers: pretty but always behind.

Proverbs and old sayings

Winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail.

Proverbs and old sayings