He that has his hand in the lion's mouth maun tak it out the best way he can.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
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It is the hunter who always beats the lions, because it is the hunter who always tells the stories.
Proverbs and old sayings about hunters
A continuous fever even grounds the lion.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Better to die in the clutches of the lion than under the tail of a jackass.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
A cat in her house has the teeth of a lion.
Proverbs and old sayings about home, house
You don't go searching for bones in a lion's den.
Proverbs and old sayings about searching
Even the brave are scared by a lion three times: first by its tracks, again by its roar, and one last time face to face.
Proverbs and old sayings about face, time
A brave man is scared of a lion three times: first when he sees the tracks; second when he hears the first roar; and third when they are face to face.
Proverbs and old sayings about face, man
Knowledge is like a lion; it cannot be gently embraced.
Proverbs and old sayings about knowledge
Until the lions have their historians, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter.
Proverbs and old sayings about fairy tales, hunters
Little birds may pick a dead lion.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
The lion's not half so fierce as he's painted.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Better be the head of a rat than the tail of a lion.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads
Bachelor, a peacock; betrothed, a lion; married, an ass.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
The bachelor is a peacock, the fiancT is a lion and the married man a mule.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man
At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing, man
Slow moving lion eats meat.
Proverbs and old sayings
Not all that have claws are lions.
Proverbs and old sayings
The lion which moves silently is the one that eats meat.
Proverbs and old sayings
