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It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Kindness breaks no bones.

Proverbs and old sayings German

If a dog's prayers were answered, bones would rain from the skies.

Proverbs and old sayings German about rain

When two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs off with it, there's a lawyer among the dogs.

Proverbs and old sayings German about fight

The hyena of your own country does not break your bones.

Proverbs and old sayings about country

He who is late may gnaw the bones.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies

The dog that digs deepest finds the bones.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies

This is already a gnawed bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Two dogs can hardly agree on one bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

A dogs broken bone will soon be healed.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He who comes late gets bones for lunch.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Gnawing on bones is for dogs having teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Keep the bone and the dog will follow.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Beauty is only skin deep, ugliness goes to the bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about ugliness, beauty

What is in the marrow is hard to take out of the bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A dog is never offended at being pelted with bones.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about being

Two dogs fight for a bone and a third runs away with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fight

When herring mauger him bone show.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

Wherever there are bones, there are dogs.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican