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A chicken sees the snake's foot and a snake sees the chicken's breast.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai

The foot of a lamp is always the least lit.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about truth

If you speak the truth, keep a foot in the stirrup.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about truth

When you tell the truth, have one foot in the stirrup.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about truth

He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about truth

One does not follow the footprints in the water.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about water

The foot has no nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu

It is the foot of a baboon.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu

It is a thief that can trace the footsteps of another thief on a rock.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about thieves, rocks

The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about mind, man

If a blind man says he will throw a stone at you, he probably has his foot on one.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about blind, man

When a blind man tells you he is going to throw a stone, know that his foot is on the stone.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about blind, man

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about work

It is a bad idea to take a thorn out of someone else's foot and put it into your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about idea, bad luck, bad

The person who grew up without correction will find his mouth slipping instead of his foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about people