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One beats the bush and another catches the birds.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

There are no birds of this year in last year's nests.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

All birds will flock to a fruitful tree.

Proverbs and old sayings

When birds aren't making a mess it's a sign that it's been a bad year.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about bad luck, bad

God knows why he has made the wings of some birds shorter.

Proverbs and old sayings Slovenian about god

As great birds die the eggs rot.

Proverbs and old sayings

A bird will always use another birds' feathers to feather its own nest.

Proverbs and old sayings about use

Let them be birds.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Little birds may pick a dead lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Two birds of prey do not keep each other company.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about companies

Let them be birds. (Small eggs make little soup. )

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Little birds that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about sadness, heads

Killing two birds with one stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

One arrow does not bring down two birds.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

God made low branches for birds that cannot fly so well.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about god

For the birds that cannot soar, God has provided low branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about god

Elephants are killed for their ivory, birds for their feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

He has gone in pursuit of the birds of the sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu