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He sells the bird on the branch.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who loves the tree loves the branch.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He hangs the May-branch at every door.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He hangs the May-branch at every door. (Alluding to the Italian custom of young men hanging out May-branches overnight before the door of their mistress.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

No branch is better than its trunk.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

A fallen blossom never returns to the branch.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

I would like to break off the flower, but the branch is too high.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about garden

Fallen blossoms do not return to branches; a broken mirror does not again reflect.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

All monkeys cannot hang on one branch.

Proverbs and old sayings

Tall branches are apt to be broken.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean

God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.

Proverbs and old sayings about god

I bear the laurel-branch.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

There's no reason to walk on the branches when the trunk is so thick.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about reason

Often a branch is broken off the tree by the one who has rested in its shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings about shadow

The branch that bears the most fruit bends itself thankfully towards the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

Each monkey on its branch.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Each monkey on its own branch.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

If you love the boll, you cannot hate branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about hate, love

When the branches of trees in the forest are fighting, the roots are kissing.

Proverbs and old sayings about kiss