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An elephant does not catch mice.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

You make an elephant of a mouse.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The great elephant of India cares not for a gnat.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Sooner could you hide an elephant under your armpit.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The elephant does not get tired of his tusks.

Proverbs and old sayings

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

The elephant does not get tired of its tusks.

Proverbs and old sayings

With patience and a bit of spittle, the elephant picks up the ant so little.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about patience

A man who is trampled to death by an elephant is a man who is blind and deaf.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about blind, death, man

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

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

With a sweet tongue of kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

By a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant with a hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

He changes a fly into an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Do not make an elephant out of a fly.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

People helping one another can bring an elephant into the house.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about home, house, people

The jungle is stronger than the elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings

An elephant's head is no load for a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, heads

The elephant's head is no load for a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, heads

When the elephant is slain all the tribes gather together to eat of it.

Proverbs and old sayings