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Leaves enough, but few grapes.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Green leaves and brown leaves fall from the same tree.

Proverbs and old sayings English about fall

A tiger dies and leaves his skin; a man dies and leaves his name.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about name, man

Crime leaves a trail like a water beetle; like a snail, it leaves its silver track; like a horse-mango, it leaves its smell.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about crime, criminals, water

When a leopard dies, he leaves his coat. when a man dies, he leaves his name.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about name, man

What keeps its leaves, to the waning moon. What loses its leaves, to the new moon.

Proverbs and old sayings about moon

The trees with most leaves will not necessarily produce juicy fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian

Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return to the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

Even the dog leaves the market.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The wise traveler leaves his heart at home.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, heart

Even without drumbeats, banana leaves dance.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about dance

The snail leaves its trail wherever it goes.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

When the big tree falls, the goat eats its leaves.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Truth is like fire it cannot be hidden under dry leaves.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about truth, fire, fire brigade

The moon lightens well but leaves certain areas in the dark.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about dark, moon

The gourd that never leaves the boozing centre attains cracks.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If a frog leaves the swamp for the mountains, it means it is in danger.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about danger

The hen knows that dawn has arrived but it leaves the duty of crowing to the cock.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about duty

When the mother monkey leaves her baby to fall, one must not blame the dried branch.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, mother