Search in folklore: patch

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Patched trousers, healthy testicles.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Patching makes a garment last long.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

The hole is more honorable than the patch.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Don't care lost his corn patch.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Every man has one black patch, and some have two.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about magic, americans, man

Better whole than patched in gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

If lies are to find credence, they must be patched with truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about truth

A girl who cannot patch man's trousers in between the legs, must not marry at all, because what use does a man have of such a stupid wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about use, wife, man

Better a patch than a hole.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The sack has found its patch.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Bad is the sack that will not bear patching.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bad luck, bad

When the poor man patches himself up, he seems newly dressed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

There is no better patch than one off the same cloth.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Be aware of the idiot, for he is like an old dress. Every time you patch it, the wind will tear it back again.

Proverbs and old sayings about time, old, olderness

Avoid suspicion: when you're walking through your neighbor's melon patch, don't tie your shoe.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about suspicion

The piece of cloth that is in another's bag does not patch your garmet.

Proverbs and old sayings