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If you give a man nuts then give him something to crack them with.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about man

He that wants the kernel must crack the nut.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He that wants to eat the kernel must crack the nut.

Proverbs and old sayings German

God gives us nuts but he does not crack them for us.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

The whip cracks at the end.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about end

You must crack the nuts before you can eat the kernel.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A cracked pot never fell off the hook.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A mended lid to a cracked pan.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

A womans tongue cracks bones.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese

Force a fool to pray and he'll crack his forehead.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about force, police, pray

If you don't crack the shell, you can't eat the nut.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

A toad too would like to crack nuts, but he has no teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

All cracks, all beares.

Proverbs and old sayings

Meikle crack fills nae sack.

Proverbs and old sayings

Ye're a sweet nut if you were well cracked.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

He that wad eat the kernel maun crack the nut.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Keep out o' his company that cracks o' his cheatery.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about companies

If people come together, they can even mend a crack in the sky.

Proverbs and old sayings about sky, people

A cracked bell will never be sound.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Every potter praises his pot, especially if cracked.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish