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Flesh of man - mends itself.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about man

Anger against a brother is felt in the flesh, not in the bone.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about anger

A man should live to prove himself worth of his own flesh and blood.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about blood, man

When a lion cannot find the flesh to feed on, it has no choice but to eat the grass.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Bones and flesh of the martyrs lie buried in earth, but their revolutionary spirit and single-hearted fidelity remain alive.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fidelity, spirit, earth, lie

You will get no nourishment from the flesh of a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Proverbs and old sayings about spirit

The flesh of a young animal tastes flat.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

Even a dog will not eat a leg without flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian

The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

What is bred in the bone won't out of the flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

For wolf's flesh dog sauce.

Proverbs and old sayings French

It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A thorn in the flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

A meal without flesh is like feeding on grass.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Man and wife are one flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about wife, man

I kill the boars, but another eats the flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

If flesh is not to be had, fish must content us.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

There is danger when a dog has once tasted flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about danger