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A chicken that hatches a crocodile's eggs is looking for trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about problems

I will charge thee nothing but the promise that thee will help the next man thee finds in trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings about promise, problems, help, nothing, man

He who does not intend to pay is not troubled in making his bargain.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

The way of the troublemaker is thorny.

Proverbs and old sayings about americans

The foolish man lies awake all night Thinking of his many problems; When the morning comes he is worn out And his trouble is just as it was.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems, thinking, night, man

The drowning man is not troubled by rain.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about rain, man

The fisherman fishes in troubled water.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about water

He that has a white horse and a fair wife never wants trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about problems, wife

If the winter doesn't winter, and the summer doesn't summer, the farmstead will be in trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about problems

The busy man is troubled with but one devil, the idle man by a thousand.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about devil, man

A thing that is firmly fixed cannot be dislodged except with much trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems, things

He who boasts of his ancestry unduly will bring plenty of trouble upon himself.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems

Girl, do not exult in thy wedding dress; see how much trouble lurks behind it.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about marriage, problems

To fish in troubled waters.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about fishing

A person who will not take advice gets knowledge when trouble overtakes him.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about problems, knowledge, advice, people

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about intelligence, problems, people

Cheap things don't come without problems; expensive things don't come without effort.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about problems, things

Cheap things don't come without problems and expensive things don't come without effort.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about problems, things

Do not meet troubles half-way

Proverbs and old sayings British about problems, old, olderness