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It is easy to drive with your own whip and another's horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

One devil drives out another.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil

He who sings drives away sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sadness

A little stream drives a great mill.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Fire drives the wasp out of its nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fire, fire brigade

The sound of the bell does not drive away rooks.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Water, smoke, and a vicious woman, drive men out of the house.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about smoke, home, house, woman, man, water

Three things drive a man out of doors: smoke, dropping water, and a shrew.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about smoke, things, water, man

One joy can drive away a hundred sorrows.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about joy

By poking at a bamboo thicket, one drives out a snake.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Laughter cannot bring back what anger has driven away.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about laughter, anger

He drives out one devil by another.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about devil

Many can drive oxen, few can plough.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Many can drive an ox; few can plough.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about habits

Do not waste your time looking for soft ground to drive your spade in.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about time

Its better to drive four horses than a donkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese

One man driven by distress does as much as thirty.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about man

The camel driver has his plans and the camel has his.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

The driver of an ass must by necessity know its wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan