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A cat that meweth much catcheth but few mice.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

When the cat's away, it is jubilee with the mice.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

When the cat is not home, the mice dance on the table.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about dance, home

The dream of cats is all mice.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about dream

The cat in gloves catches no mice.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Keep no more cats than catch mice.

Proverbs and old sayings English

While the cat is away, the mice will play.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Burn not your house to scare away the mice.

Proverbs and old sayings English about home, house

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

Old cats love young mice.

Proverbs and old sayings French about love, old, olderness

A cat in gloves catches no mice.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Who is born of a cat will run after mice.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

Who is born of a cat will run after mice. (An illusion to one of Aesop's fables. )

Proverbs and old sayings French

Mewing cats catch no mice.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian

You catch the mice with bacon.

Proverbs and old sayings German

In old houses many mice, in old furs many lice.

Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness

Who will not feed the cats, must feed the mice and rats.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Monks, mice, rats, vermin, seldom sunder without harming.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The cats that drive away mice are as food as those that catch them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about food