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It is little honor to the lion to seize the mouse.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It's a poor mouse that sits on the sack and doesn't gnaw.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who makes a mouse of himself, will be eaten by the cats.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Don't make a mouse of yourself, or else you will be eaten by cats.

Proverbs and old sayings German

No house without a mouse, no barn without corn, no rose without a thorn.

Proverbs and old sayings German about home, house

A huckster who cannot pass off mouse-turd for pepper, has not learned his trade.

Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce

Two cats and one mouse, two women in one house, two dogs to one bone, will not agree long.

Proverbs and old sayings German about home, house

It is better to be the head of a mouse, then the tail of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, heads

He is as poor as a church mouse.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He plays with somebody as a cat plays with a mouse.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

When the cat and mouse agree, the grocer is ruined.

Proverbs and old sayings

When the cat is out the mouse can dance.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about dance

You should never stop the plough to kill a mouse.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

It's not the fault of the mouse, but of the one who offers him the cheese.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A mouse will scare a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves

The lion had need of the mouse.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about need

A muffled cat is no good mouser.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about good, good luck

Never was a mewing cat a good mouser.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about good, good luck

If you are a mouse don't follow frogs.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The thief is frightened even by a mouse.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves