Better half hanged than ill married.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
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He's mair worth hanging than hauding.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
War makes thieves, and peace hangs them.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about thieves, war, peace
Give a dog an ill name and ye may hang him.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about name
Give them tow enough and they'll hang themsels.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Mony ways to kill a dog though ye dinna hang him.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
There's mair ways o' killing a dog than hanging him.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Praise the sea but hang on to the land.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about praise
When the ear of corn hangs to the side the farmer watches it with comfort.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Who fails to listen to his elders, will hang his knapsack in the wrong place.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about bad
Either rich or hanged.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wealth
Home is where he hangs his hat.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home
Another's care hangs by a hair.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Give a dog a bad name and hang it.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about name, bad luck, bad
Let every sheep hang by it own foot.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He that has an hour's start will not be hanged.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
See how he has risen from a mayor to a hangman.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He who hangs out a branch wants to sell his wine.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about commerce, wine
The wise man does not hang his knowledge on a hook.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about knowledge, man
Never marry a widow unless her first husband was hanged.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about husband
