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Do good and throw it into the sea; if the fish don't know it, god will.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about god, good, good luck

There is no fish in well-water, there is no leaf on dry wood.

Proverbs and old sayings about salary, water

Familiarity is like the sea that kills the fisherman.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan

To fish in troubled waters.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

The crane was killed by the fishhook.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

Nothing is so clean as a fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about nothing

Tasty is the fish on someone else's dish.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

A cat loves fish, but won't risk its claws.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about risk

Throw a lucky man in the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Being a swimmer and spending time in the water does not make you a fish.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about being, time, water

Where God boils his yam that is exactly where the devil roasts his fish.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about devil, god

No matter how long a stick may stay in a river, it will never change into fish.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about change

What's all the fuss? said the crane after the eel had slipped away. I never liked fish anyway.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Look and keep silent, and if you are eating meat, tell the world it's fish.

Proverbs and old sayings about world

Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Throw a resourceful person into a river, and he will probably come out with a fish in his hand.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

As a snipe and a clam are entangled in a fight, a fisherman catch them both.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fight

To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese