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A rap on the ringed finger does not hurt.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about good, good luck, woman

A gold ring does not cure a felon.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Don't put too tight a ring on your finger.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

If I have lost the ring I still have the fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

I may have lost the ring, but I still have the fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

I might have lost my ring, but I still have my fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Hidden virtues ring like a soft bell.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Be the day weary or be the day long, at last it ringeth to evensong.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about day

It rings, it is empty.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Empty pitchers ring loudest.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A ring of gold in a sow's nostril.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Once you put on? the wedding ring you must submit to all that is necessary.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about marriage

Like a gold ring in a pigs snout is a woman without descretion.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about woman

It is a poor parish where the priest has to ring his own bells.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

The sword and the ring according to the hand that bears them.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

You heard the ring, but don't know where.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

One does not regret giving one's own ear-ring to one's dear friend.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about regret

When big bells ring, little ones are not heard.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian