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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about man, day, old, olderness

Give a man a fish and he won't starve for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he won't starve for his entire life.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about life, man, day

It's all right to drink like a fish if you drink what a fish drinks.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about drinking, rightness, americans

It is all right to drink like a fish if you drink what a fish drinks.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about drinking, rightness, americans

Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, man, day

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life, man, day

Give one fish and he's fed for only a day. Teach one how to fish and he'll be free from hunger all his life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about hunger, life, day

When the water rises, the fish eat the ants; when the water falls, the ants eat the fish.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

During the winter eat long fishes, during the summer eat short fishes.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water.

Proverbs and old sayings Indian about water

The big fish is caught with big bait.

Proverbs and old sayings

There is one fish in the pond, and ten anglers on the bank.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about bankers

Man who fishes in other man's well often catches crabs

Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about man

There are always more fish in the sea

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

When the bait is more than the fish, 'tis time to stop fishing.

Proverbs and old sayings about time, americans

A big fish is caught with big bait.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The fish starts to rot from the head.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads

If water were enough, fish would not take bait.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water

You cannot think you could teach a fish to swim.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

You don't punish a fish by throwing it in water.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water