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Where the heart loves, there the legs walk.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about heart

A hound's food is in its legs.

Proverbs and old sayings English about food

More things belong to marriage than four bare legs in a bed.

Proverbs and old sayings British about marriage, things

A donkey has two friends: his two hind legs.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

We rest our legs, but never our mouths.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rest

Only a fool will use both his legs to test how deep a spring is.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tests, spring, use

When a stiff-necked bull stands with its four legs planted firmly and refuses to move, you cannot make it go ahead only by pulling it by the reins and using your whip.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

He that has long legs will go far.

Proverbs and old sayings

Measure your guilt, then stretch your legs.

Proverbs and old sayings about guilt, measure

Measure your quilt, then stretch your legs.

Proverbs and old sayings about measure

Stretch your legs according to the length of your kilim.

Proverbs and old sayings

Wealth can give legs to the cripple, beauty to the ugly, and sympathy to tears.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about tears, wealth, beauty

I have to learn how to walk on three legs says the hyena for when I am old.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

A lie has no legs.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about lie

A lie's legs are short.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about lie

Wriggling hands like young bride's legs.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

Add legs to the snake one has just painted.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If his legs fail him, he fights on his knees.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drawing, contentment