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He is like a singed cat, better than he looks.

Proverbs and old sayings French

You can cage a bird but you can't make it sing.

Proverbs and old sayings French

I sing the song of the person whose bread I eat.

Proverbs and old sayings French about people

The Italians cry, the Germans bawl, and the French sing.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Rather a single grape for me than a brace of figs for thee.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Birds of prey do not sing.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Who cannot sing, may whistle.

Proverbs and old sayings German

One can speak and seven can sing.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Whose bread I eat his song I sing.

Proverbs and old sayings German

A single stroke don't fell the oak.

Proverbs and old sayings German

When I eat your bread, I sing your song.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Loving and singing are not to be forced.

Proverbs and old sayings German

As the old birds sings, the young ones twitter.

Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness

As the old birds sing, so the young ones twitter.

Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness

Neutrals are soused from above, and singed from below.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who starts singing too high will never finish the song.

Proverbs and old sayings German about end

Asses sing badly, because they pitch their voices too high.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Loving and singing are two things that should not be forced.

Proverbs and old sayings German about things

He who marries does well, but who remains single does better.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Everybody thinks his own cuckoo sings better than another's nightingale.

Proverbs and old sayings German