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He cannot see the wood for the trees.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

The wood will renew the foliage it sheds.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Willows are weak but they bind other wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

No tree but has rotten wood enough to burn it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

You will find enough of brushna in every wood to burn it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about contentment

If there is a way into the wood there is also a way out of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Lay on more wood; ashes give money.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about money

There are more ways to the wood than one.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Willows are weak, yet serve to bind bigger wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Better be a bird of the wood than a bird in the cage.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who is in fear of every leaf must not go into the wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about salary, fear

The human heart is neither of stone nor wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about human imperfections, heart

The clog and amida are both from the same piece of wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

A single log of wood does not burn even in an oven.

Proverbs and old sayings

In a fire, both green and dry wood burn.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

One piece of wood will not make a fire.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

The bust of Mercury cannot be cut from every wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The bust of Mercury cannot be carved in every wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Do not measure up the wood before the tree is cut down.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about measure

A forest would want to be burned by its own wood.

Proverbs and old sayings