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He hauls at a long rope who expects another's death.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about death

Bad and good are intertwined like rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

A rope which is pulled for a long time, breaks.

Proverbs and old sayings about time

You would weave a rope of sand.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A triple rope is not easily broken.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Men are bound by words, bulls' horns by ropes.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man

He hath not a farthing left wherewith to buy a rope to hang himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about commerce

The older the goat the tighter the rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian

Buffaloes are held by ropes, man by his words.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about man

Don't break down, rope; this is the last jerk.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

Catch the halter rope and it will lead you to the donkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

The rope will break where it is thinnest.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

In the hangman's house you will always find a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about home, house

You can't push on a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

Don't pull hard enough to break the rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Never mention a rope in the house of a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about thieves, home, house

Time and the hour are not to be tied with a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about time

Never mention rope in the house of a man who has been hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house, man

Name not a rope in his house that hanged himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about name, home, house

He that has been bitten by a serpent is afraid of a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian