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One man beats the bush, another catcheth the bird.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

He who wants to catch fish must not mind a wetting.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about mind

The fox is knowing, but more knowing he who catches him.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Silence and look out, we shall catch both hen and chicks.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about silence

The spider's web lets the rat escape and catches the fly.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Laws, like the spider's web, catch the fly and let the hawk go free.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A drowning man catches at the water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water, man

For lack of hens the fox catches crows.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

Ride an elephant to catch a grasshopper.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai

Don't butter the skillet before catching the fish.

Proverbs and old sayings

An eagle does not catch flies.

Proverbs and old sayings

The mother is she who catches the knife by the blade.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

If you chase two hares at the same time, you will catch neither of them.

Proverbs and old sayings Ukrainian about time

Don't set the attic on fire just because you didn't catch any mice.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about fire, fire brigade

No matter how fast moonlight runs, daylight catches up.

Proverbs and old sayings about fasting

A meowing cat catches no mice.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

No matter how fast a man can run, he can never chase his shadow and catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about shadow, fasting, man

Za dvumya zaitsami pogonish'sya, ne odnogo ne poimaesh'. (If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. )

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Waiting for a rabbit to hit upon a tree and be killed in order to catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about order