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It's the still waters that are inhibited by devils.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about devil

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far place.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about soul, good, good luck

One would like to eat fish, but would not like to get into the water.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about fishing, water

It is good fishing in drumbling waters.

Proverbs and old sayings about fishing, good, good luck

Smooth waters run deep.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Shallow waters make maist din.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Nae safe wading in unco waters.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Wine should not be watered.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine

If you prune in April you'll fill your barrels not with wine, but with water.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine, water, contentment

Sister Nicola said: Don't put the pasta basket in the water until it's boiling.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about water

May waters drench peasants and lords or gentlemen, as many of them as it encounters.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

One who believes everything he's told is as naive as one who fetches water with a sieve.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about water

In fair weather, in calm waters and in peaceful travel, even a coachman knows how to sail.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about weather

The promises of love and the smoke of a chimney, washed by water and blown away by the wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about smoke, water, love

The bridge is repaired only after someone falls in the water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

A blind man's stroke, which raises a dust from beneath water.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about blind, water, man

From snow, whether baked or boiled, you will get nothing but water.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing, water, contentment

If you want to thrash your wife, ask her for a drink of water in the sun.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about sun, drinking, wife, water, contentment

If the palmwine tapper is praised, he dilutes the palm-wine with water.

Proverbs and old sayings about wine, water

In the shallowest waters, the ugliest fish swim.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about fishing