It is strange! The ox eats hay and the dog eats bread, while the donkey carries wine but drinks water.
Proverbs and old sayings about wine, water
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I have a lot to say, said the fish, but my mouth is full of water.
Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about fishing, water
Fools grow without watering.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Great fish are caught in great waters.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fishing
Those who wade in unknown waters will be sure to be drowned.
Proverbs and old sayings German
In wine there is wisdom. In beer there is strength. In water there is bacteria.
Proverbs and old sayings German about wisdom, wine, water
The deepest waters make the least noise.
Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan
He fishes in troubled waters.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
A slave boy is blamed no matter what he does: If he does not wash his hands, he is accused of being dirty. If he washes his hands, he is accused of wasting water.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about being, water
If you go into a goat stable, bleat; if you go into a water buffalo stable, bellow.
Proverbs and old sayings about water, contentment
Only those who were born to hang are not afraid of the water.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about water
From snow whether cooked or pounded you will get nothing but water.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about nothing, water, contentment
Three things drive a man out of doors: smoke, dropping water, and a shrew.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about smoke, things, water, man
There is no use in saying, I will not go such a way, nor drink of such a water.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about use, drinking, water
If you saw what the river carried, you would never drink the water.
Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about drinking, water, contentment
It's hard to know the quality of a person, or a watermelon.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about quality, people
If a waterwheel exerts itself, it has no time to get frozen.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about time
If you are in a boat you are more afraid of fire than you are of water.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about fire, fire brigade, water, contentment
Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like water soaking into the sand.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about money, water
Two waterfalls do not hear each other.
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