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Who will not feed the cats, must feed the mice and rats.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Monks, mice, rats, vermin, seldom sunder without harming.

Proverbs and old sayings German

After eating nine hundred rats, the cat is now going on a pilgrimage.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

When the cat's away the rats dance.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about dance

If you are too sparing with the cat's food, the rats will eat your ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about food

Flatters, like rats, tickle and then bite.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

Married folk are like rats in a trap -- fain to get others in, but fain to be out themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

When the cat's away the rats will play.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Let rats fight with each other.

Proverbs and old sayings about fight

Let rats shoot arrows at each other.

Proverbs and old sayings

When the cat's away, the rats dance on the table.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about dance

Two rats cannot share the same hole.

Proverbs and old sayings

When a cat wants to eat its own kitten it accuses them of smelling like rats.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

He does not a little who burns his house: he frightens the rats, and warms himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house