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Walls sink and dunghills rise.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

A little leak will sink a great ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

A sinking persons grabs a straw.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

Either you sink or you swim.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A sinking vessel needs no navigation.

Proverbs and old sayings

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

When the steersmen are many the ship will sink.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh

He who paddles two canoes, sinks.

Proverbs and old sayings

When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float.

Proverbs and old sayings Zen about water

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

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

It is too late for a galloping horse to stop at a clip; it is useless for a sinking boat to be mended in the middle of a river.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

It is the fate of the coconut husk to float, for the stone to sink.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about destiny