The tortoise is friends with the snail: those with shells keep their shells close together.
Proverbs and old sayings
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What kind of nut has no shell?
A doughnut.
Riddles
The life of a groundnut lies between two shells.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about life
A snail that doesn't crawl with its shell should be ready to die.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
It's the tortoise's shell, ugly and hard that protects its life long journey on earth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about earth, life
The tortoise stores its wisdom in his shell.
Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about wisdom
It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell.
Proverbs and old sayings British
You cannot eat nuts without breaking some shells.
Proverbs and old sayings
Better half an egg than empty shells.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Half an egg is better than an empty shell.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He thinks to catch shell-fish in the trees.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He that would have the kernel must crack the shell.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He that will have the kernel, must crack the shell.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
You need to break the shell in order to have the almond.
Proverbs and old sayings French about order, need
To whom do you offer your shells for sale? To people who come from Saint Michel.
Proverbs and old sayings French about saints, people
There is more disputing about the shell than the kernel.
Proverbs and old sayings German
A coconut shell full of water is a sea to an ant.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about water
A pearl is worthless as long as it is still in its shell.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
One cannot scoop up the ocean with a sea shell.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
Crabs dig holes according to the size of their shells.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
