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The grasshopper which is always near its mother eats the best food.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about food, mother

My donkey is dead; let no more grass grow.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

A meal without flesh is like feeding on grass.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Different fields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Proverbs and old sayings

Bad grass does not make good hay.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

It's the merry drizzle that makes grass grow fine.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

There as many ways of making a living as seeds of grass.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

When you have a good government the grass will grow over your troubles.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about good, good luck

People are like grass in the field: some blossom, some wither.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about people

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

Proverbs and old sayings about fight

When an elephant combats, it is the grass that suffers.

Proverbs and old sayings

When it is spring time, the grass will even grow under a big stone.

Proverbs and old sayings about spring, time

A snake lies concealed in the grass.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

You compare the bee to the grasshopper!

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Every little blade of grass declares the presence of God.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about god

If the hill is on fire the grasshoppers are roasted.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fire, fire brigade

One can't give a grasshopper to a child if one has not caught it yet.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about children

If you plant grass, you won't get rice.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

Times are not always the same; the grass is not always green.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian

Old oxen like soft grass.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness