The turtle lays thousands of eggs without anyone knowing, but when the hen lays an egg, the whole country is informed.
Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about country
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Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Proverbs and old sayings British
Kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s).
Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans
The watched chicken never lays.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese
It is a bad hen that lays her eggs away from the farm.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, bad
It is not easy to guard the hen that lays her eggs abroad.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
It is not for nothing that the devil lays himself down in the ditch.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about devil, nothing
Black hens lays white eggs.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about magic
He lays his eggs beside his nest.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Where a man feels pain he lays his hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about pain, man
It is not the hen which cackles most that lays most eggs.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
A black hen lays a white egg.
Proverbs and old sayings English about magic
Upon an egg the hen lays an egg.
Proverbs and old sayings French
It is a bad hen that lays in neighbour's houses.
Proverbs and old sayings German about bad luck, bad
A hen that cackles much lays only a few eggs.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
A book is a good friend when it lays bare the errors of the past.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about error, past, good, good luck
Everyone lays a burden on the willing horse.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about burden
Small rain lays great dust.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about rain
Small rain lays a great wind.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about rain
