Search in folklore: burst

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The frog wanted to be as big as the elephant, and burst.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Can a burst dam be mended with toothpicks?

Proverbs and old sayings

Better belly burst than good victuals spoil.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

What is inflated too much, will burst into fragments.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Avarice bursts the bag.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Too much bursts the bag.

Proverbs and old sayings German

If you heat an empty pot it bursts.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Let the guest go before the storm bursts.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The frog wanted to be an ox and swelled up until he burst.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

Grief pent up will burst the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sadness, heart

An inflated idea can burst the bubble of your happiness.

Proverbs and old sayings about idea, happiness

Better belly burst than good meat lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about good, good luck

Bairns mother burst never.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

Hungry dogs are blithe of bursten puddings.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Covetousness bursts the bag.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish