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Fire does not burn in a jar.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about fire, fire brigade

If my shirt knew my design, I'd burn it.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

We are no more than candles burning in the wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

He who burns his mouth on the soup will blow on a cold fish dish.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

A single log of wood does not burn even in an oven.

Proverbs and old sayings

Only a fool fights in a burning house.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, house

In a fire, both green and dry wood burn.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

See that in avoiding cinders you step not on burning coals.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Don't be too bold, or you will burn your eyes; but don't be too slow, or you will lose your share.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian about eyes

Just because you are irritated by a mosquito, you burn the mosquito curtain.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

Two faggots will burn better than one.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who has no spoon will burn his hands.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.

Proverbs and old sayings about food

Not so much that it burns the saint, nor so little that it doesn't illuminate him.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about saints

A forest would want to be burned by its own wood.

Proverbs and old sayings

Kif is like fire; a little warms, a great deal burns.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about fire, fire brigade

A thorn that pierces the toe should be burned by the light of a new moon lest the devil possess the foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about moon, light, devil

You don't have to put out the fire when all is burnt out.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about fire, fire brigade

No lamp burns till morning.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

Uneaten soup and burned mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian