Search in folklore: looked
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When he was alive, he looked enviously at any dates. When he died, they hung a bunch for him
Proverbs and old sayings Algerian
You looked high and low till your iron shoes were worn out but still to no avail. Then you chanced upon it without ever looking.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
New things are most looked at.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about things
Long looked for comes at last.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Arms, women, and books should be looked at daily.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about books
When he looked under the saddle he lost his horse.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
Long-talked-of (or looked-for) comes at last.
Proverbs and old sayings German
The butcher looked for his knife and it was in his mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
The winner is looked upon as the stronger.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Talk little and well, and you will be looked upon as somebody.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
The glass-dealer's horses fell out, and he looked on to see which kicked hardest.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
The more cowherds there are, the worse the cows are looked after.
Proverbs and old sayings Bengali
If the mother had never been in the oven, she would not have looked for her daughter there.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about mother
Who leaves the old way for the new, the trouble not looked for, will be found there.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about old, olderness
