Distant hills look beautiful; near ones are ugly.
Proverbs and old sayings
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He stands there like a donkey on the hill.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
Man to the hills, woman to the shore.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman, man
He who has cattle on the hill will not sleep easy.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about sleep
Every hill has its valley.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
An ant's nest could bring down a hill.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain.
Proverbs and old sayings about country
You cannot force water up a hill.
Proverbs and old sayings about force, police, water
If the hill is on fire the grasshoppers are roasted.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fire, fire brigade
Bit by bit, in the end it becomes a hill.
Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about end
It is easier to transport an ant hill than exercise authority in a village.
Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about authority
Praise the hill, but keep below.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about praise
Do in Hill, as ye wald do in Hall.
Proverbs and old sayings
He that comes first to the hill, may sit where he will.
Proverbs and old sayings
Step by step climbs the hill.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
The higher the hill the laigher the grass.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
When falkland hill puts on his cap, the howe o' fife will get a drap, and when the bishop draws his cowl, look out for wind and weather fowl.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about weather
He who inherits a hill must climb it.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Every cock is proud on his own dung hill.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about proudness
