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He keeps his word, as the sun keeps butter.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about word, sun

He that hath a head of butter must not come near the oven.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about heads

Never fall out with your bread and butter.

Proverbs and old sayings English about fall

It mars to tie the dog to the butter stamp.

Proverbs and old sayings

I know on which side my bread is buttered.

Proverbs and old sayings French

How easily a hair gets into the butter!

Proverbs and old sayings German

Proverbs are like butterflies, some are caught and some fly away.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He sews the jacket to the button.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He who has butter on his head, should not go to the sun.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about sun, heads

Soft words butter no turnips.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Long churning makes bad butter.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bad luck, bad

If you lend your coat, don't cut off the buttons.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

What butter or whiskey will not cure is incurable.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

What butter and whiskey will not cure there's no cure for.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

You can kill a dog more way than by choking it with butter.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Soft words butter no parsnips, but they won't harden the heart of the cabbage either.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about heart

A quarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it, the more sour it grows.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

All is not butter that comes from the cow.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Boil stones in butter, and you may sip the broth.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

She wants to have buttermilk, but has hidden the pot brought for it behind one's back.

Proverbs and old sayings