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You surround your vineyard with thorns - place doors and locks on your mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

To go safely through the world you must have the eye of a falcon, the ear of an ass, the face of an ape, the mouth of a pig, the shoulders of a camel, and the legs of a deer.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about world, face

What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about eyes

What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about eyes

When you open a door, don't forget to close it. Treat your mouth accordingly.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean

Fling him into the Nile, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Don't take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings

He that has no honey in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Listen with your ears, look with your eyes, but keep silent with your mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about eyes

Walls don't have ears but they hear, they don't have mouths but they speak.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Nunziata, fix the salad, a little vinegar, lots of oil, four reckless mouthfuls, and then some drinks from the jug.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it leaves its handle or its mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A peasant will stand on the top of a hill for a very long time with his mouth open before a roast duck will fly in.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about peasantry, time

When you play with a lion, do not put your hand in its mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings

Don't worry about biting off more than you can chew. Your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger'n you think.

Proverbs and old sayings about worry