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The cart ruins the road, the woman the man, the water the wine.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wine, woman, water, man

Fish must swim three times: once in the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings French about time, wine, fishing, water

Waves will rise on silent water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

No matter how long a log may float in the water, it will never become a crocodile.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

When you put your nose into the water your cheeks get wet as well.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about water, contentment

You can better drink from a small well with soft water than from the salty sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about drinking, water, contentment

Stagnant water grows stinking.

Proverbs and old sayings German about water

Beware of a silent dog and still water.

Proverbs and old sayings German about water

Dumb dogs and still water are dangerous.

Proverbs and old sayings German about water

It is bad baking without flour and water.

Proverbs and old sayings German about bad luck, water, bad

Friendship is a plant we must often water.

Proverbs and old sayings German about friendship, water

A used plough shines, standing water stinks.

Proverbs and old sayings German about water

Fir and water are good servants, but bad masters.

Proverbs and old sayings German about bad luck, water, bad, good, good luck

If I am to be drowned, it shall be in clean water.

Proverbs and old sayings German about water

The more the well is used, the more water it yields.

Proverbs and old sayings German about water

A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.

Proverbs and old sayings German about fire, fire brigade, water

Don't throw away your dirty water till you have got clean.

Proverbs and old sayings German about water, contentment

A fish should swim thrice: in water, in sauce, and in wine.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wine, fishing, water

A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief in the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves, fishing, water

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.

Proverbs and old sayings German about water