A bird is known by his feathers.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish
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The bird, which flaps its wings too much, will drop its feathers.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A severely under paid hungry teacher in a renovated, well-equipped classroom, can perform just as well as a bird without feathers can do in a hanging, decorated cage.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about teachers
Flight towards preferment will be but slow without some golden feathers.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about flight
You can best shoot an eagle with an arrow made from its own feathers.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
The men o' the east are pykin their geese, and sendin' their feathers here-awa there-awa.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about man
He that eats the king's geese shall be choked with the feathers.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He who eats a partridge in his youth will only be left with feathers in his old age.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about olderness, youth, age, old
Elephants are killed for their ivory, birds for their feathers.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese
