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You've made your bed and you must lie in/on it

Proverbs and old sayings British about lie, old, olderness

A river is made drop by drop.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Community is not made by force.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about force, police

Even if a knife is made of gold, a person won't stab his own heart with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people, heart

Even if a knife is made of silver, a person won't stab his own heart with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people, heart

The world has not made a promise to anybody.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about promise, world

Clothes should not be made for an unborn child.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about clothes, children

Foolhardiness made the rat try to jump over the fireplace.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A tree that refuses to dance will be made to do so by the wind.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about dance

Even a horn can be stopped from fighting and made to sing forever.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you want to fight fire, you don't wear a skirt made of dry grass.

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

Don't make a goat your friend if your skirt is made of plantation leaves, or else it will strip you naked.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Poets are born, not made.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about poets, americans

Fools were made to multiply.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about lie, americans

A dirty fire never made a clean weld.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fire, fire brigade, americans

A joy that's shared is a joy made double.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about joy, americans

A man is as big as the things that made him mad.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about things, americans, man

Dogs delight to bark and bite for God has made them so.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about god, americans

Matches may be made in heaven, but they are sold down here.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans