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The old lady feels uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about old, olderness

He who chews two bones at the same time will surely bite his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about time

An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about woman, old, olderness

A dry bone is never licked.

Proverbs and old sayings Albanian

A good dog deserves a good bone.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about good, good luck, americans

Two dogs over one bone seldom agree.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

A dog that will bring a bone will take one away.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

A bone does not bring itself, it is people that bring it.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about people

Never drop the bone to catch the shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings about shadow

There is no boneless fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

Like ants gnawing at a bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

You won't get much fat from a dry bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Measure your throat before you swallow a bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about measure

You buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce

A good dog gets a good bone.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

A fine rain still soaks you to the bone, but no one takes it seriously.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain

Cowardly men, healthy bones.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

You may get something off a bone, but nothing off a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about nothing

Don't trust your bone to another man's dog.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

You can't teach an old dog how to gnaw a bone.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness