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A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about woman, man, god

Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you.

Proverbs and old sayings

Cross in a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

Cross the river among a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

Blow your horn in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cockerels; bleat in a flock of goats.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about companies

Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about companies

A good cock will crow on every dungheap.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about good, good luck

He whoa breeds crows, will have his eyes taken out- you harvest what you planted.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about eyes

He who follows the crow will be led the the corpses of dogs.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about joy, fight

A crowd is like a smoldering log which can spark into a flame at any time.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about time

When you are amongst the crows, caw like them.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

Where the cock is the hen does not crow.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Every cock will crow upon his own dunghill.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Hell is crowded with people of good intentions.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about hell, people, good, good luck

The crow thinks her own birds fairest.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Breed up a crow and he will tear out your eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about eyes

A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about home, house

The end is the crown of any work.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about work, end