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Dull scissors make crooked-mouthed tailors.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He who builds to every man's advice will have a crooked house.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about advice, home, house, man

A crooked log makes a good fire.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fire, fire brigade, good, good luck

Loaves put awry into the oven come out crooked.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He who ploughs with young oxen, makes crooked furrows.

Proverbs and old sayings German

God made man upright, but man searched out many crooked devices.

Proverbs and old sayings about god, man

The dog's tail stays crooked even if he is buried for twelve years.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Business and folding screens must be crooked to stand.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about affair

Women have no upright words, but only crooked ones.

Proverbs and old sayings

A crooked log is not to be straightened.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The crooked bannock straightens the body.

Proverbs and old sayings about body

Tree that grows crooked will never be straightened - bad habits learned early in life are hard to get rid of later.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about habits, life, bad luck, bad

A crooked stick makes us know the carpenter.

Proverbs and old sayings

That which is crooked cannot be made straight.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Your feet are crooked, your hair is good for nothing, said the pig to the horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about nothing, good, good luck

A camel can tolerate a heavy load, but not a crooked rope.

Proverbs and old sayings

God writes on crooked lines.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about god, americans

God writes straight with crooked lines.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about god

He who builds according to every man's advice will have a crooked house.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about advice, home, house, man

The gravity of the earth is so strong that the old grey man walks crooked.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about earth, man, old, olderness