The grass torch that burns a bad house, also burns a good one.
Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about home, house, bad luck, bad, good, good luck
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Man walks over,
Man walks under.
In time of war he burns asunder.
What is it?
A bridge.
Riddles
A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie.
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about fire, fire brigade
When an old man dies, a library burns down.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man, old, olderness
He who lies by the fireside knows how it burns.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A bird with fire on its tail burns its own nest.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fire, fire brigade
He who burns down his house knows why ashes cost a fortune.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, home, house
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about enemies, fire, fire brigade, americans
Fat fries and burns itself.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
If cooks quarrel, the roast burns.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
A thriftless woman burns the entire candle looking for a match.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about woman
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about ambition, conscience
The fire heeds little whose cloak it burns.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade
The fire burns brightest on one's own hearth.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade
The wet branch burns better than the dry stone.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
There is no use in blowing a fire that burns well.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about use, fire, fire brigade
He who tastes every man's broth, often burns his mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
He burns the candle at both ends.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about end
That which burns thee not, cool not.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He who burns his posteriors must sit on blisters.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
