A bottle of oil warmed over the fire has no means of producing oil by itself.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about fire, fire brigade
You can't put new wine in old bottles.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian about wine, old, olderness
With a bottle and a girl one does not count the hours.
Proverbs and old sayings Polish
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wine, old, olderness
A word of kindness is better than a bottle of vodka.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about word
As brisk as bottled ale.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
He tines bottles gathering straes.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Ahi! I'm dying! Give me a hot water bottle and a cloak.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about water
He who pours water hastily into a bottle spills more than goes in.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about water
Over the bottle many a friend is found.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish
Medicine left in the bottle can't help.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about medicine, help
Instead of a treasure, coals! [ 'Rum, ' I hopes! 'Baccy, ' I thinks! 'Tracts, ' by jingo! Sailor's remark on discovering that he had picked up a bottle of tracts. ]