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Without wind, the ears of the grass do not move.

Proverbs and old sayings

A hare is like an ass in the length of its ears, yet it is not its son.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Lend everyone your ears, give a hand to your friends but give your lips only to a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about woman

Condemn a man within earshot; praise him at a distance.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about praise, man

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes:

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
And Eye and ears, and a mouth and a nose.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Traditional Songs

If you what the hyena to eat a person then tie on him goats ears.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

A mule who goes in search of a fine set of antlers, will come back with his ears cut off.

Proverbs and old sayings

Books speak to the mind, friends to the heart, heaven to the soul, all else to the ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about books, soul, mind, heart

Bathe other people's children but don't wash behind their ears.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, people

Of listening children have your fears, for little pitchers have great ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about children

The chamber-bell (chamber-clapper, or curtain lecture) is the worst sound one have in his ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Nobody knows who is he, even if he is under his father's ears.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you are too sparing with the cat's food, the rats will eat your ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about food

The wind of heaven is that which blows between the horses ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

When the healthy dog fights with a mad dog, it is the ears of the healthy one that are bitten off.

Proverbs and old sayings

For a drunken one a sea is knee-deep, and a puddle - ears-deep.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Such awkward things will happen as going into the great square and coming back without ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about things

Nice words are free, so choose ones that please another's ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese