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Don't build a new ship out of old wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about old, olderness

Why jump in the water before the ship turns over.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

The water that bears the ship is the same that engulfs it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

No matter how big the sea may be, sometimes two ships meet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The water that a ship sails on is the same water that swallows it up.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

A horse with two masters is always skinny; the ship with two captains sinks.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Every wind is against a leaky ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Too many captains will sink the ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Many grains of sand will sink a ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Let another's shipwreck be your sea-mark.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Better lose the anchor than the whole ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Better in an old carriage than in a new ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about old, olderness

A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

When the helm is gone the ship will soon be wrecked.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is hard to track the path the ship follows in the ocean.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Little leaks sink the ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

From the boat we get to the ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Better to lose the anchor than the whole ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A man without money is like a ship without sails.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about money, man

Rejoice in little, shun what is extreme; the ship rides safest in a little stream.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch