When a slave mounts a camel he wants to ride on both humps.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian
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The camel asking for horns lost also his ears.
Proverbs and old sayings English
It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
Proverbs and old sayings English
The camel asking for horns lost also his ears. [In grasping for things we need not, we often lose what we have. ]
Proverbs and old sayings English about need, things
The first camel in the train holds everyone up, but it is the last which gets the beating.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about trains
'Tis the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Be like a camel -- carrying sweets but dining on thorns.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
When a camel is at the foot of a mountain only then judge his height.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about judges
An egg thief becomes a camel thief.
Proverbs and old sayings about thieves
A camel is not a animal and an Arab is not a human being.
Proverbs and old sayings about human imperfections, being
It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason.
Proverbs and old sayings about reason
Even a mangy camel will carry more that a herd of asses.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Two things cannot be hidden: being astride a camel and being pregnant.
Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about being, things
Good advice once was worth a camel; now that it is free of charge, no one takes it.
Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about advice, good, good luck
Little by little, the camel goes into the couscous.
Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan
By all means trust in Allah, but tie your camel first.
Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan
Better the gurgling of a camel than the prayers of a fish.
Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan
The camel never sees his own hump, but that of his brother is always in his eyes.
Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about eyes
A camel does not drink with a spoon.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian about drinking
Trust in God -- but tie your camel tight.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian about god
