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Talk as you go, husband, to the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about husband

When a man is not used to breeches the seams gall him.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

Let the dogs bark; it's a sign that we are galloping ahead.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

He who wants to be rich in a year comes to the gallows in half a year.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wealth

What good is a golden gallows if they are going to hang you.

Proverbs and old sayings Swiss about good, good luck

All criminals turn preachers under the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings about criminals

Afar, it enraptures the heart, when near, it rends the gallbladder.

Proverbs and old sayings about heart

An aged steed confined to the stable still aspires after the glory of galloping a thousand miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about glory

There were once three brothers: a lie, theft and the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about thieves, lie

He who was born to be hanged will not be drowned, unless the water go over the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about water

First a turnip, then a sheep; next a cow, and then the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief in the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves, water

From the same flower the bee extracts honey and the wasp gall.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about garden

The thief proceeds from a needle to gold, and from gold to the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about thieves

You will catch more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a gallon of vinegar.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Carrick for a man, kyle for a coo, cunningham for corn and ale, and a galloway for woo'.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about man

When the corsair promises masses and candles, it goes ill with the galley.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish