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A broken a Ship hes come to land.

Proverbs and old sayings

Don't quote your proverb 'til you bring your ship to port.

Proverbs and old sayings

As broken a ship has come to land.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Take your venture as many a good ship has done.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about good, good luck

Faith is salvation, not the wood of a ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about faith

A horse without spurs is like a ship without a rudder.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Don't spoil the ship for a halfpenny-worth of tar.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

He who has shipped the devil, must carry him over the sound.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about devil

Too many captains the ship rolls.

Proverbs and old sayings

With many captains, the ship does not sail properly.

Proverbs and old sayings

When the sea is calm, every ship has a good captain.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about good, good luck

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

Proverbs and old sayings

Mackerel sky and mares' tails make lofty ships carry low sails.

Proverbs and old sayings about sky

Two captains sink the ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

A ship with two captains sinks.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

Two captains will sink the ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

With talking the cheese ship won't move.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about talking

A ship and a woman are ever repairing.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about woman

When the steersmen are many the ship will sink.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh

A man without prudence is a ship without an anchor.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about prudence, man