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Who walks in the mud, at some point must clean his feet.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you want to clean the land secretly, the noise of the axe will give you away.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

He who doesn't clean his mouth before breakfast always complains that the food is sour.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about food

Dirty hands make clean money.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about money, americans

First clean out your own backyard.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

A dirty fire never made a clean weld.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fire, fire brigade, americans

One clean sheet will not soil another.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Dirt is dirtiest upon clean white linen.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Don't clean your fish before you catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Don't throw away your dirty water until you get clean.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about water, americans

A new broom sweeps clean, but an old one scrapes better.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, old, olderness

If the water is available you need not clean up with sand.

Proverbs and old sayings about need, water

The wind sweeps the road clean.

Proverbs and old sayings

The crow pecks at the ox to clean it -- not to feed from it.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

The world is our house. Keep it clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about world, home, house

He who does not regularly put on clean socks will never get used to circus life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about circus, life

Water makes mud, wine cleans the blood.

Proverbs and old sayings about blood, wine, water

If the goat had a longer tail he could wipe the stars clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about celebrity, stars

New brooms sweep clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A clean hand moves freely through the land.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish