A silver hammer can open an iron gate.
Proverbs and old sayings Basques
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A gentle word opens an iron gate.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word
One gentle word opens a gate of iron.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word
Turn iron (or stone) into gold by the touch.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
An iron rod can be ground down to become a needle.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Perseverance can reduce an iron rod to a sewing needle.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about perseverance
Don't waste good iron for nails or good men for soldiers.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about good, good luck, man
Locks can not be made from good iron, soldiers are not made out of good people.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about good, good luck, people
No iron is so strong that it cannot be melted down, and no business so dirty that can be fixed with money.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about affair, money
You looked high and low till your iron shoes were worn out but still to no avail. Then you chanced upon it without ever looking.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
The iron never takes advice from the hammer.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about advice
Polite words open iron gates.
Proverbs and old sayings Croatian
A custom wears a shirt of iron.
Proverbs and old sayings Czech
It is bad iron in which there is no steel.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, bad
Rust consumes iron, and envy consumes itself.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about envy
Crooked iron may be straightened with a hammer.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
He must have iron fingers who would flay the devil.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about devil
God cometh with leaden feet, but striketh with iron hands.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about god
He who has many irons in the fire, will let some of them burn.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade
