Search in folklore: painted

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Painted flowers have no odour.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about flowers

Painted flowers are scentless.

Proverbs and old sayings German about flowers

Painted flowers have no scent.

Proverbs and old sayings German about flowers

The devil is not so black as he is painted.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about magic, devil

A woman and a cherry are painted for their own harm.

Proverbs and old sayings British about woman

Fill in the eyes to a painted dragon.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about eyes

Add legs to the snake one has just painted.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The devil is never so black as he is painted.

Proverbs and old sayings German about magic, devil

He devil is not so ugly as he is painted.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil

Do not shoot a glass arrow into a painted deer.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

He/She is gaping like a calf at the painted gate.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

The devil is not so ugly as he is painted.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about devil

The devil is not so frighful as he is painted.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about devil

The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The lion's not half so fierce as he's painted.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Strong wood is worth more than painted wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

Sometimes people who live in glass houses throw stones because their windows are painted.

Proverbs and old sayings English about people

One day a student asked Taiga, What is the most difficult part of painting? Taiga answered, The part of the paper where nothing is painted is the most difficult.

Proverbs and old sayings Zen about painting, nothing, day