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Water can do without fishes, fishes cannot do without water.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

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

Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about man

He fishes in unclear water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

Go home and make a net if you desire to get fishes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home

He who sees heaven in the water sees the fishes in the trees.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

Great fishes break the net.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Don't teach fishes to swim.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He fishes on who catches one.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He who does not bait his hook fishes in vain.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Little fishes make the pike big.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Women and fishes are best in the middle.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He fishes in troubled waters.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He fishes well who uses a golden hook.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

He fishes in troubled waters. [If you wish to catch gudgeons stir up the mud. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wish

The fisherman fishes in troubled water.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about water

He that fishes afore the net, long e're he fish get.

Proverbs and old sayings

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian