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To make an elephant out of a mosquito.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A fool will pair an ox with an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

The slimming of an elephant and the losses of a rich man are not noticeable.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about wealth, man

When an elephant is dead, a hare will not smell.

Proverbs and old sayings

You cannot kill an elephant with bullets of wax.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Even the elephant can fan off flies with its short tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Do not compare a fly with an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about enemies

An elephant, no matter how skinny, is valuable.

Proverbs and old sayings

When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.

Proverbs and old sayings

An elephant in the china shop.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He makes an elephant out of a mosquito.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

The world flatters the elephant and tramples on the ant.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about world

The man who has mounted an elephant will not fear the bark of a dog.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about fear, man

The ambitious one makes friends with the elephant, then tramples upon the ant.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a hair.

Proverbs and old sayings

The elephant does not feel a flea-bite.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

With the right trap, even an elephant can be caught.

Proverbs and old sayings about rightness

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

Proverbs and old sayings about fight

When an elephant combats, it is the grass that suffers.

Proverbs and old sayings