Search in folklore: expected

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After a landslide one more can be expected.

Proverbs and old sayings

No one can be an expected to be an expert at something before they have got the chance to practice it.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about chance

No one is expected to achieve the impossible.

Proverbs and old sayings French about impossible

A little dinner, long expected and cold, is by no means given, but dearly sold.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He who inherits a penny is expected to spend a dollar.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who inherits a farthing, is expected to disburse a dollar.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Kindheartedness and honesty can be expected only from the poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about honesty

A palm tree climber is not expected to tell everything he sees from up above.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

A gift long expected is sold, not given.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about gifts

The water breaks out where it is not expected.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about water

The hare starts from where it is least expected.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who makes himself a servant is expected to remain a servant.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A gift delayed, and long expected, is not given, but sold dear.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about gifts

A gift much expected is paid, not given.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about gifts

What can be expected to be dropped is held in the hands, but what is in the heart I shall die with.

Proverbs and old sayings about prison, death, heart

A mule and a woman do what is expected of them.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about woman