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Roasted pigeons will not fly into one's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Roast pigeons don't fly through the air.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about air

Roast geese don't come flying into your mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Roasted locusts eaten at night bring dangerous dreams.

Proverbs and old sayings about dream, night

Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about home

A man does not wander far from where his corn is roasting.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about wanderer, man

If you wait for the roasted liver to cool it will get cold in someone else's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The smoke caused by meat which is roasted does not cause pain in the eyes of a hungry person.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about smoke, pain, eyes, people

When a woman is hungry, she says, Roast something for the children that they might eat.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about children, woman

Nobody gathers firewood to roast a thin goat.

Proverbs and old sayings

Great boast, small roast.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The roast duck can fly no more.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If cooks quarrel, the roast burns.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A patient woman can roast an ox with a lantern.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about woman

You can't fare well, but you must cry roast meat.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If you are going to have a roast, a chicken is better than a phoenix.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time, man

It is a poor roast that gives no dripping.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

When the cook is roasting for the butler, woe to the master's wine-cask.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wine

It is ill done to chain a dragon for roasting your meat.

Proverbs and old sayings