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The cows that low most give the least milk.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He goes about it like a cat round hot milk.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Of what use is it that the cow gives plenty of milk, if she upset the pail.

Proverbs and old sayings German about use

You cannot swallow hot milk, nor can you throw it away.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is easier to milk a cow that stands still.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies

The milk of black goats and white goats is all the same.

Proverbs and old sayings about magic

It will soon show which milk will yield a good curd.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about good, good luck

Better to drink the milk than to eat the cow.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about drinking

Even if fed milk, a snake will still emit poison.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about drinking, wine, people

In winter the milk goes to the cow's horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A soft dropping April brings milk to cows and sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Any man who owns a cow can always find a woman to milk her.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman, man

Wine is old men's milk.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wine, man, old, olderness

Revenge a hundred years old has still its milk-teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about revenge, old, olderness

He who wants milk should not sit in the middle of a field and wait for a cow to back up to him.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Man hab cow him look fi milk.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about man

You can't take the milk back from the coffee.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

Mi come here fi drink milk, mi noh come here fi count cow.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about drinking

The cow drinks water and it turns to milk; the snake drinks water and it turns to poison.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about water