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An elephant hunter usually gets killed by an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunters

A wepon which you don't have in hand wont kill a snake.

Proverbs and old sayings

You are blaming the hawk, the falcon is killing the chickens.

Proverbs and old sayings

What doesn't kill, hardens.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

Ignorance doesn't kill you, but it will make you sweat a lot.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian about ignorance

The hyena does not forget where it has hidden its kill.

Proverbs and old sayings

You must kill the hornets to get rid of the nest.

Proverbs and old sayings

Do not whirl a snake in the air when you have killed it; the ones which remain in their holes see you.

Proverbs and old sayings about air

The animal that is coming to be killed does not hear the hunter cough.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunters

That which you do not need will kill you.

Proverbs and old sayings about need

We will burn a blanket to kill a flea.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

The cock that crows at the wrong time is killed.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about bad, time

He who wants to kill a dog says that he has urinated against the mosque.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

When there is killing weather, the dogs grow fat, when there is.

Proverbs and old sayings about weather

The lucky eagle kills a mouse that has eaten salt.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan

Familiarity is like the sea that kills the fisherman.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan

The crane was killed by the fishhook.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

Elephants are killed for their ivory, birds for their feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

Sorrow doesn't kill -- reckless joy does.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about joy, sadness