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A turtle is not proud of his long neck.

Proverbs and old sayings Malian about proudness

A neck without a head, buttocks without a hole and a girl without shame are not worth admiring or marrying.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about shame, heads

If a man puts a cord around his neck, God will provide someone to pull it.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about god, man

One misfortune comes on the neck of another.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Beads about the neck and the devil in the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about devil, heart

He has an eye in his neck.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about progress

To every child his own neck ornament.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

To him who puts a cord around his neck, God will supply someone to pull it.

Proverbs and old sayings about god

They asked the wolf: Why is your neck thick? , and it said: I do my job myself, that's why.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

Pearls around the neck, stones upon the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about heart

Martisor - the celebration of spring

Martisor is a Romanian ancient tradition, it’s been dated for 8000 years, which celebrates the beginning of the spring on 1 March. Is the celebration of joy, freshness, the victory of Good against Bad. The...

Traditions and superstitions Romanian

Don't seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt you may he break his neck.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

Having little knowledge is like having your hands tied around your neck like a slave.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about knowledge

It is poor comfort for one who has broken his leg, that another has broken his neck.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He that spends more than he is worth spins a rope for his own neck.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He who digs a pit for the horse of another man, will find his own horse's neck broken there.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about man

A person who happens by a neighbor's house at dinner time, and is invited to join the meal, does not swallow such large morsels as to break the string of pearls around his neck.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about people, home, house, time

Tell your secret to your friend and he will set his foot on your neck.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about secret

Tell your friend your secret, and he will set his foot on your neck.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about secret