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Young folk, silly folk; old folk, cold folk.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

Starve a fever, feed a cold.

Proverbs and old sayings English

A cold April the barn will fill.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Good words cool more than cold water.

Proverbs and old sayings English about water, good, good luck

Revenge is a dish that should be eaten cold.

Proverbs and old sayings English about revenge

A dog's nose and a maid's knee are always cold.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.

Proverbs and old sayings English about proudness, hunger

Even over cold pudding, the coward says ~'It will burn my mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

The lazy sweat when they eat and complain of the cold when they work.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about work

A dead mouse feels no cold.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A scalded cat fears cold water.

Proverbs and old sayings French about water

A scalded cat dreads cold water.

Proverbs and old sayings French about water

A late Easter, a long cold spring.

Proverbs and old sayings French about spring

Let him who is cold blow the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fire, fire brigade

God gives the cold according to the cloth.

Proverbs and old sayings French about god

Africa is a cold land where the sun is warm.

Proverbs and old sayings French about sun

The more a man exposes his nakedness the colder he is.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

A little dinner, long expected and cold, is by no means given, but dearly sold.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The beginning hot, the middle lukewarm, the end cold.

Proverbs and old sayings German about beginning, end

Revenge in cold blood is the devil's own act and deed.

Proverbs and old sayings German about revenge, blood, devil