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The bigger the river the bigger the fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

The bigger they are, the harder they fall

Proverbs and old sayings British about fall, old, olderness

No pestle can be bigger than its mortar.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A mother cannot give birth to something bigger than herself.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

Two cats can never be equal; one will always be bigger than the other.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The bigger the tree, the harder she falls.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Guard lest the eyes be bigger than the stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about eyes, americans

When a man dies his feet get bigger.

Proverbs and old sayings Berber about man

God is big, but the forest is bigger.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about god

Eyes are bigger than your belly.

Proverbs and old sayings British about eyes

Hunger is a bigger master than the king.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about hunger

A fly before his own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Draw the bow but don't shoot -- it is a bigger threat to be intimidated than to be hit.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

What you don't know is bigger than you.

Proverbs and old sayings

The udder of a neighbor's cow is always bigger.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian

From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about shadow, praise, man

The eyes are bigger than the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about eyes

The cork is always bigger than the mouth of the bottle.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian

The eye is bigger than the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.

Proverbs and old sayings German about fear