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Nutcrackers crack cedar seeds, monks crack rosary beads.

Proverbs and old sayings

God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fire, fire brigade

Once the teeth are together they can crack the bone.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A bottle that believes it's cracked to smile it will end up on the dustbin.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about smile, end

Those who get their kola nut cracked by the spirit should not forget to be humble.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about spirit

If you don't mend up a small crack on the wall you end up building the entire wall.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about end

Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about spirit

Marriage is like a groundnut: you have to crack them to see what is inside.

Proverbs and old sayings about marriage

Step on a crack break your mother's back.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about mother, americans

He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Flies never infest an egg without cracks.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who would eat the kernel, must crack the nut.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

An old coachman loves the crack of the whip.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

He that would have the kernel must crack the shell.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

When the water level decreases, the ice will crack.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about water

He that will have the kernel, must crack the shell.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A cracked bell can never sound well.

Proverbs and old sayings English

He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut.

Proverbs and old sayings French