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Base terms are bellows to a slackening fire.

Proverbs and old sayings English about fire, fire brigade

If it were not for the belly, the back might wear gold.

Proverbs and old sayings English

A good bell is heard from far, a bad one still further.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

The belly robs the back.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A full belly counsels well.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The belly overrules the head.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

A full belly sets a man jigging.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

No clock is more regular than the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings French

People make the bells say what they please.

Proverbs and old sayings French about people

Who hears but one bell hears but one sound.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A bellyfull of gluttony will never study willingly.

Proverbs and old sayings French

One cannot ring the bells and walk in the procession.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The bagpipe never utters a work till its belly is full.

Proverbs and old sayings French about work

Don't make an oven of your cap or a garden of your belly.

Proverbs and old sayings French about garden

You dance better with a full belly than with a new dress.

Proverbs and old sayings French about dance

Slanderers are the devil's bellows, to blow up contention.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil

The belly is a bad adviser.

Proverbs and old sayings German about bad luck, bad

A light belly, heavy heart.

Proverbs and old sayings German about light, heart

The belly has no conscience.

Proverbs and old sayings German about conscience

No one likes to bell the cat.

Proverbs and old sayings German