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Pots take turns to sit on the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

Little pots soon run over.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there would be no work for tinkers

Proverbs and old sayings British about work, old, olderness

A potter eats from a broken piece of his pots.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Only birds with long beaks can drink from deep pots.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about drinking

Rich people cook their food in a potsherd.

Proverbs and old sayings about food, wealth, people

Smash the pots and sink the boats.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

You may cook in small pots aw well as in large ones.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Small pots have big ears/handles.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Don't break your shins on your neighbors' pots.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Empty pots will never boil over.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

Two wives are two pots full of poison.

Proverbs and old sayings

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about work

Two wives, two pots of poison.

Proverbs and old sayings

Walls have ears, and little pots too.

Proverbs and old sayings

If the sky falls there will be pots broken.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about sky

Fire, fire, many pots on. and one pea in them all.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fire, fire brigade

A potter eats from a potsherd.

Proverbs and old sayings

Small pots also have ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

If ifs and ans were pots and pans, there'd be no trade for tinkers.

Proverbs and old sayings about commerce