Search in folklore: smell

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They that smell least, smell best.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

The girl is more inviting who smells of wild thyme than she who smells of musk.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Who goes near soot smells of soot, and who goes near musk smells of musk.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

Crowded elevator smells different to midget.

Proverbs and old sayings Chinese

Fish and guests smell after three days

Proverbs and old sayings British about day, old, olderness

It may smell like a melon, but is it going to make you sick?

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

A hyena cannot smell its own stench.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

He who rides upon an ass cannot help but smell its gas.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about help

He who doesn't know how a snake smells shouldn't walk into the forest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

An old man's mouth produces a bad smell but the words that come out of it are sweet.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad luck, bad, man, old, olderness

Unasked-for advice smells bad.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about advice, bad luck, bad, americans

A fox does not smell his own stench.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Fish and visitors smell after three days.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about day, americans

Old fishermen never die, they just smell that way.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, old, olderness

Flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about perfume, flattering, americans

The poor always smell.

Proverbs and old sayings

You can smell his halvah.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who walks through a field of onions, will smell like an onion.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you buy cheap meat, when it boils you smell what you have saved.

Proverbs and old sayings about commerce