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Rotten wood cannot be carved.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Rotten straw can harm a healthy horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about politics

Until the rotten tooth is pulled out cautiously, the mouth will not have rest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A rotten egg can't be spoiled.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

One rotten apple can spoil a lot of good ones.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, good, good luck

All rotten fish taste the same.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A heart that is rotten -- breath that smells.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart

What is soon ripe is soon rotten.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech

Soon ripe, soon rotten; soon wise, soon foolish.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

One rotten apple in the basket infects the whole.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

There is small choice in rotten apples.

Proverbs and old sayings English

One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.

Proverbs and old sayings English

One rotten egg spoils the whole pudding.

Proverbs and old sayings German

One rotten sheepe will marre a whole flocke.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Dog eats excreta, but goat gets rotten teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

No tree but has rotten wood enough to burn it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Many a rose-cheeked apple is rotten at the core.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The rotten apple injures its neighbour.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A noh siame diay leaf drop a river bottom it rotten.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about salary