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Pick up a sesame seed only to lose a watermelon.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Win a cat and lose a cow -- the consequence of litigation.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about consequences

Look for a thing until you find it and you'll not lose your labor.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things

It takes a year to make a friend, but you can lose one in an hour.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

While wrangling over a quarter of pig, you can lose a flock of sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The man will surely fail, who dares delay, And lose to-morrow that has lost to-day.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day, man

You will never lose a battle if you know your own situation as well as that of the enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies

He who puts off something will lose it.

Proverbs and old sayings

The fox can lose his fur but not his cunning.

Proverbs and old sayings

Ajaccio, Ajaccio, if you don't go there, you won't lose your money.

Proverbs and old sayings about money

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

Proverbs and old sayings about moon

When the cuckoo sings, the wild boar loses its old coat, and the hen lays an egg without a false nest. And the ram's horns round out - he looks like a general.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

What you lose in the fire, you will find in the ashes.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

You must lose a fly, to catch a trout.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Better ask twice than lose your way once.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Better lose the anchor than the whole ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Better ask twice than to lose your way once.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

To have a woman is bad; to lose her is worse.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about woman, bad luck, bad

He loses least in a quarrel who keeps his tongue in cheek.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Stay a while, and lose a mile.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch