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He stares at the new gate as a calf.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

His mouth is as big as the Vienna Gate.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

You can close the city gates, but you can't close the people's mouths. It's better to flee and stay alive than to die and become a hero. A timely tear is better than a misplaced smile.

Proverbs and old sayings about heroism, city, smile, people

Fortune will call at the smiling gate.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about wealth

The acolyte at the gate reads scriptures he has never learned.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Let it be well recorded that a harlot is a gate which leads to death.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about death

We taught them how to beg, they raced us to the gates.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese

There is no queue at the gate of Patience.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about patience

The village gate can be closed, the mouth of the fool, never.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

You can close the city gates but not the mouths of men.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about city, man

He/She is gaping like a calf at the painted gate.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about wealth, man

Trouble is here, so open the gates.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

The castle gates will always open for gold-laden donkeys.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

A man may speir the gate to Rome.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Many man speirs the gate he kens full well.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Ane Begger is wae, another by the gate gae.

Proverbs and old sayings

It that lies not in your gate, breaks not your shins.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is good to be out of harms gate.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about good, good luck

It's gude to be out o' harm's gate.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish