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The hole the crab digs takes on the shape of its shell.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Like the peanut, who forgets its shell.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

A pearl is worthless as long as it is in its shell.

Proverbs and old sayings about americans

Who will eat the kernel of the nut must break the shell.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

If you don't crack the shell, you can't eat the nut.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

A childless old lady is obsessed with sea shells.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

Water in a coconut shell is like an ocean to an ant.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

Frog in a coconut shell.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai

The hazelnut emerged from its shell and did not like the look of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

If you give people nuts, you'll get shells thrown at you.

Proverbs and old sayings Yemenite about people

An egg shouldn't be deceived by the hardness of its shell; it cannot challenge a stone in a fight.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight

Hope is an egg of which one man gets the yolk, another the white, and a third the shell.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about hope, man

Only the man who is not hungry says the coconut has a hard shell.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about man

He'd offer you an egg if you promised not to break the shell.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

When the wild pig’s running (inadvertently) crushes the seed shells, the wild birds celebrate.

Proverbs and old sayings