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Dem give yu basket fi carry water.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about water

Man dat carry straw no fe fool wid fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about fire, fire brigade, man

T'ief no love fi si t'ief carry long bag.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about love

If you carry treasure, don't travel at night.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about treasure, night

(It’s useless to attempt to) carry water in baskets.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

The voice of a poor man does not carry very far.

Proverbs and old sayings about voice, man

You are carrying owls to Athens.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

He can carry the ox who has carried the calf.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Either never attempt a thing or carry it out.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about things

A dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

It may be said that noisy barrels are easier to carry.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

No man can swim ashore and carry his baggage with him.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man

Even a straw becomes heavy, if you carry it far enough.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Even a mangy camel will carry more that a herd of asses.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Jokes, which carry injury with them, are never agreeable.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Fortune wearies with carrying one and the same man always.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wealth, man

The dog that fetches will also carry. (Translation If someone reveals another's secrets to you, the same person will reveal your secrets to the world. )

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about world, people

A donkey is a donkey though it may carry the Sultan's treasure.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about treasure

On which soil we stand on, that is where we carry the weight of the sky.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about sky

Thieves don't like to see their comrades carrying the bags.

Proverbs and old sayings about thieves