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Catch a tiger with bare hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai

The shoemaker's child goes barefoot.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about children

A dog that intends to bite does not bare its teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

A thread-bare coat is armour proof against highwaymen.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

There are many lies but barely one truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Ukrainian about truth

The attacks of a wild beast cannot be averted with only bare hands.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Take a close look at today, because yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is barely a vision.

Proverbs and old sayings about vision, dream

He who waits for dead men's shoes, may have to go long barefoot.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

He who waits for a dead man's shoes is in danger of going barefoot.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about danger, man

The devil does not always wear boots -- he sometimes comes barefoot.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about devil

A person who uses the world as his carrying pad will find himself carrying his load on his bare head.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about world, heads, people

It's as hard to see a woman crying as it is to see a barefooted duck.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman

He that waits for dead men's shoes may go long enough barefoot.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about man

The mare of the smith and the children of the shoemaker, allways goes barefooted.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

It is na mair pitty to see a Woman greit, nor to see a Goose go barefoot.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman

Ken when to spend and when to spare, and ye needna be busy, and ye'll ne'er be bare.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

It is better to wear mended clothes than being without clothes or bare.

Proverbs and old sayings Yemenite about clothes, being