Empty barrel mek de mos' noise.
Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican
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No put youself in a barrel when match box can hol you.
Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican
It may be said that noisy barrels are easier to carry.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Marriage is a lick of honey and a barrel of bitter.
Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about marriage, bitter
In this world a pint of sweetness and a barrel of bitterness.
Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about world
An empty barrel rattles louder.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
A spoonful of tar in a barrel of honey.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
An empty barrel makes the greatest sound.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Toom barrels mak much din.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
If you prune in April you'll fill your barrels not with wine, but with water.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine, water
Empty barrels are the noisiest.
Proverbs and old sayings Swedish
Empty barrels make the most noise.
Proverbs and old sayings Swedish
More flies are caught with a drop of honey than with a barrel of vinegar.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
More flies are caught with a spoonful of syrup than with a barrel full of vinegar.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Corsairs against corsairs, there is nothing to win but empty barrels.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about nothing
When the olive tree blooms during April, olives are harvested with barrels, when it blossoms in June, they are harvested in handfuls.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
If the olive trees blossom in April, you'll have enough to collect them with barrels; if they bud in May, you'll have enough to fill a small measure; but if as late as June, you'll only be collecting handfuls.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about measure
