When a thief kisses you, count your teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about kiss, thieves, contentment
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If you cannot bite, don't show your teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about contentment
A dog without teeth will also attack a bone.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about attack
If you can't bite, better not show your teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about contentment
A woman without teeth shall be left to the lions.
Proverbs and old sayings about woman
If you have no teeth, do not break the clay cooking pot.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
When bad luck chooses you as a companion, even a ripe banana can remove your teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad luck, good luck, bad, contentment
A fly that dances carelessly in front of a spider's web, risks the wrath of the spider's teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Follow not truth too near the heels lest it dash out your teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about truth, americans
It is better to keep a wolf out of the fold than to trust drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about drawing, americans
God sends clothes to those with no proper figure, and bread to those with no teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings about clothes, god
The tongue that concedes will not wear out; obstinate teeth fall out.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fall
Revenge of an hundred years old hath still its sucking teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings German about revenge, old, olderness
I will not bite any dog, says the shepherd's dog, for I must save my teeth for the wolf.
Proverbs and old sayings German
No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person's teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about food, people
When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian about wealth, contentment
When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian about contentment
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about truth
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about children
