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Ants can attack with a grain of rice.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about attack

Ants die in sugar.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about death

At high tide the fish eat ants; at low tide the ants eat fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai about fishing

At high tide fish eat ants; at low tide ants eat fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai about fishing

When the water rises, the fish eat the ants; when the water falls, the ants eat the fish.

Proverbs and old sayings about fishing, water

Caution is not cowardice; even the ants march armed.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about cowardice, prudence

The queen ant feeds on its own ants.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

White ants can do no harm to a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The sweet flying ants will never be birds.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If they are offered winged ants, people will eat them.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

Like ants gnawing at a bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Wherever you find sugar, you'll find ants.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Where there is sugar, there are bound to be ants.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

If you chase away an ant, all the ants will come and bite you.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Where there is honey, there are bound to be ants.

Proverbs and old sayings

In a battle between elephants, the ants get squashed.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai

It is only the early risers who succeed in filling their baskets with white ants.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

It's not the monkey on top that make a tree fall but it's the work and effort of numerous small insects and ants.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about insects, fall, work