One knife keeps another in its sheath.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
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He would not give the devil a knife to cut his throat.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil
When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead.
Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about children
The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.
Proverbs and old sayings about smile
A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye.
Proverbs and old sayings about nothing
A kitchen knife cannot carve its own handle.
Proverbs and old sayings Korean
A hunter's knife cannot carve its own handle.
Proverbs and old sayings Korean about hunters
A knife-wound heals, but a tongue-wound festers.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish
Wounds from the knife are healed, but not those from the tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Mexican
A knife does not recognise its owner.
Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian
A knife does not fear thorns, a woman fears man.
Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about fear, woman, man
A bad knife cuts one's finger instead of the stick.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about bad luck, bad
A woman's tongue is a double edged knife.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about woman
The butcher looked for his knife and it was in his mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
You do not drink soup with a knife.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about drinking
Long ere you cut Falkland-wood with a Pen-knife.
Proverbs and old sayings
Under a gold sheath a leaden knife.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
In a smith's house the knife is wooden.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house
The tongue of a bad friend cuts more than a knife.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about bad luck, bad
The mother is she who catches the knife by the blade.
Proverbs and old sayings about mother
