Search in folklore: slipper

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Slippery is the flagstone at the mansion-house door.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about home, house

Walk with your slippers until you can find your shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

You can beat anyone if you have a golden slipper.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

On the day a monkey dies, all the trees are slippery.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about day

Do not laugh at the fallen; you may find slippery roads ahead.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

When a slippery ground lies ahead do not laugh at those who have fallen.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

For every ailing foot, there is a slipper.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian

The steps at court are slippery.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Great mansions have slippery doors.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The doorstep of a great house is slippery.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about home, house

There never was an old slipper but there was an old stocking to match it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness

When the road is long, even slippers feel tight.

Proverbs and old sayings Peruvian

The doorstep of the palace is very slippery.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

Mock not the fallen, for slippery is the road ahead of you.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

The day the monkey is destined to die, all the trees get slippery.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about day

There never was a shoe however handsome that did not become an ugly slipper.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

You hold an eel by the tail. [You are dealing with a slippery fellow. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin