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He heed have plenty of meal who would stop every man's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

When a mouse has fallen into a meal sack, he thinks he is the miller himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He's a fool who earns a square meal.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian

The man who can sharpen hundred stakes between two meals, can take a wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about wife, man

Eat when the meal is ready, speak when the time is ripe.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about time

Cleanliness is half a meal.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

The devil's meal turns half to bran.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil

A good meal ought to begin with hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings French about hunger, good, good luck

White meal is not got out of a coal-sack.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A good meal is worth hanging for.

Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck

A meal without flesh is like feeding on grass.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

A fast is better than a bad meal.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fasting, bad luck, bad

It's easy to knead when meal is at hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wine, day

A simple meal at home is better than an elaborate one while away.

Proverbs and old sayings about home

All that meal comes not from your own sack.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

We are not disposed to study much after heavy meals.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A smiling face is half the meal.

Proverbs and old sayings about face

It is easy to bake where there is plenty of meal.

Proverbs and old sayings

One bean does not make a whole meal.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan