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Fish's child knows how to swim.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about children

To the child and the little bird, God catches the fall.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about fall, children, god

Marry a child of the devil and you're going to have problems with your father-in-law.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems, law, children, devil

Woe to thee, o land, when thy King is a child.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about children

The parson always christens his own child first.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about children

With seven nurses the child loses its eye.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children

If the child does not cry, the mother knows not its wants.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, mother

If the child does not cry, the mother won't know what it wants.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, mother

It is easier to bear a child once a year than to shave every day.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, day

As long as a child does not cry, it does not matter what pleases it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children

When the child falls the mother weeps; when the mother falls the child laughs.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about children, mother

When you bear a grudge, your child will also bear a grudge.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about children

If you call a piece of wood 'child', you can never use it to light fire since it has become so precious.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about use, light, children, fire, fire brigade

The child is sadly hurt that doesn't tell his illness.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

Many court the child for the sake of the nurse.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about children

A house without a dog, a cat, or a little child is a house without joy or laughter.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about laughter, home, house, joy, children

There's no quiet child nor young grandmother.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about quiet, children

An elephant's head is no load for a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, heads

The elephant's head is no load for a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, heads

The child you sired hasn't sired you.

Proverbs and old sayings about children