Silks and satins, scarlet and velvet, put out the kitchen fire.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about fire, fire brigade, americans
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Silk and velvet put out the kitchen fire.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fire, fire brigade
Silks and satins put out the kitchen fire.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fire, fire brigade
Silk is cut best with old scissors.
Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness
Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
You cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear
Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness
Dignity does not consist in a silk dress.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about dignity, americans
Though the fox wear silk, he is still a fox.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans
More handy than a silk worm.
Proverbs and old sayings
If you dress in gold or silk, you are still the same green grocer.
Proverbs and old sayings
Dress the monkey in silk and it is still a monkey.
Proverbs and old sayings Argentinian
Ye canna mak a silk purse out o' a sow's lug.
Proverbs and old sayings British
With patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Proverbs and old sayings British about salary, patience
Pull a strand of silk from a tangled mass.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Patience and the mulberry leaf become a silk robe.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about salary, patience
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about salary, patience, time
A boor remains a boor even if sleeping on silken pillows.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
A boor remains a boor, though he sleep on silken bolsters.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sleep
