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He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about rain

Throw in a rock as someone is drowning in the well.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about rocks

If you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The last to breathe is the first to drown.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is folly to drown on dry land.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is too late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children

He who was born to be hanged will not be drowned, unless the water go over the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about water

The rain can only drown the mud-rabbit if he hasn't the wits to keep his mouth shut.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain

Coupled sheep drown one another.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

When the calf is drowned they cover the well.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He that's born to be hanged will never be drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He who dies not in his twenty-third year, drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of good days.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about day, good, good luck

A fool will laugh when he is drowning.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Don't drown the man who taught you to swim.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

An unfortunate man would be drowned in a tea-cup.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

Good swimmers are drowned at last.

Proverbs and old sayings French about good, good luck

Too much water drowned the miller.

Proverbs and old sayings French about water

A drowning man will catch at a straw.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

A drowning man clings to a blade of grass.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

A good swimmer is not safe against drowning.

Proverbs and old sayings French about good, good luck