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If you stay at home you won't wear out your shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about home

Some people are like new shoes - the cheaper they are, the louder they squeak.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about people

Sell what you have bought while the dust is still on your shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings about commerce

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie, truth, world

One who walks along a river frequently cannot avoid getting his shoes wet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If God sends you down a stony path, may he give you strong shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about god

The blacksmith's horse and the cobbler's wife are always the last to have shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wife

Look for a thrifty woman -- even though it may cost you a pair of shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about woman

A woman possessed by demons dreams of toads in red dancing shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about dream, woman

When you try to walk the straight and narrow you get pebbles in your shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian