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That's for that as butter for fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Dinna gut yer fish till ye get them.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

It is ill fishing if the hook is bare.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Neither fish nor flesh nor good red herring.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about good, good luck

A fisherman's walk - twa steps and overboard.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Fresh fish and poor friends grew soon ill far'd.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Every fisher loves best the trout that is of his own tickling.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

The gravest fish is an oyster; the gravest bird's an ool; the gravest beast's an ass; and the gravest man's a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about man

A rotten fish pollutes the whole kitchen.

Proverbs and old sayings

Eat meat and fish and live longer.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Who pays in advance eats stinking fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

You don't cast a net into a river that has no fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The fellow roasts his fish in the flames of a fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fire, fire brigade

That fellow roasts his fish in the flames of a fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fire, fire brigade

It's pointless to fish if there's no bait on the hook.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about pointless

The grill said to the frying pan: I want big fishes not minnows.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

If you go fishing and catch nothing, go to the henhouse and get eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about nothing

If you want to eat freshly caught fish, you don't want to have a tight purse.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The fish was so fresh that it was being cooked while its tail was still in the sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about being

The pool has dried up, and the fish is in trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings