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Horns are not too heavy for the cow.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Horns an' grey hair dinna aye come o' years.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

The horns of the sister are horns of gold; the horns of the wife are true horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wife

The ass went seeking for horns and lost his ears.

Proverbs and old sayings

The calf is not afraid of the mother's horns.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

The horns cannot be too heavy for the cow that bears them.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Fate can be taken by the horns, like a goat, and pushed in the right direction.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about destiny, rightness, americans

He fights with horns made of clay.

Proverbs and old sayings

The ox which has no horns, relies for help on the one that has them.

Proverbs and old sayings about help

You take a bull by the horns and a man by his words.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about man

The bull should be taken by the horns, a man at his word.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about word, man

Flies plough the ox' horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

Cursed cows have short horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Phoenix feather and unicorn horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Beware of the camel going to seek horns, he lost his ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Take the bull by the horns and the man at his word.

Proverbs and old sayings Columbian about word, man

March cold reaches even bull's horns.

Proverbs and old sayings

Old oxen have stiff horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about old, olderness

Old swine have hard snouts, old oxen hard horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about old, olderness

A little dog, a cow without horns, and a short man, are generally proud.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about proudness, man