You need a sharp axe for a tough bough.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about need
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One does not sharpen the axes after the right time; after the time they are needed.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about time, rightness
Beware when you deal with sharpies.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Having vision as sharp as a kite and hearing as keen as a rabbit.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about vision
Grief for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sadness, pain, husband
Between two sharpers, the sharpest.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
The sharper soon cheats the covetous man.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man
The envious man's face grows sharp and his eyes big.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about eyes, face, man
As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hatred.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wine, love
Even the sharpest ear cannot hear an ant singing.
Proverbs and old sayings
A woman's tongue is sharp enough to pierce the toughest flesh.
Proverbs and old sayings about woman
No matter how sharp it is, a knife will never cut it's own handle.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese
When the ox just stumbles, they all sharpen their knives.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish
There are many colourful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about flowers, life
A thorn, a hound's tooth, a fool's word: these are the three sharpest things.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about word, things
Let the wary stranger who seeks refreshment keep silent with sharpened hearing.
Proverbs and old sayings
