The mouse says: I dig a hole without a hoe; the snake says: climb a tree without arms.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
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A snake and millipede can both craw on their bellies but this doesn't make them brothers.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Shall we kill a snake and carry it in our hand when we have a bag for putting long things in?
Proverbs and old sayings West African about things
A man does not run among thorns for no reason; either he is chasing a snake or a snake is chasing him.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about reason, man
Although the snake does not fly, it has caught the hornbill, whose home is in the sky.
Proverbs and old sayings about sky, home
By his own hand he wrapped the snake around his neck.
Proverbs and old sayings
More vicious than a snake.
Proverbs and old sayings
If you want to kill a snake, chop off its head.
Proverbs and old sayings about heads
He who has been bitten by a snake is scared of a rope on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings
If a rich man ate a snake, they would say it was because of his wisdom; if a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about stupidity, wisdom, wealth, man
The bee gets honey from the same flower where the snake sucks her poison.
Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about garden
When you chop off a snake's head all you are left with is a piece of rope.
Proverbs and old sayings about heads
It is the grass that knows where the snake goes.
Proverbs and old sayings Bantu
When a snake gets warm on ice, then a German will wish well to a Czech.
Proverbs and old sayings British about wish
He who is bitten by a snake fears a lizard.
Proverbs and old sayings
Embrace the snake and it will bite you.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian
A tiger's head and a snake's tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heads
Stir the grass and alert the snake.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Beat the grass to frighten the snakes.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Add legs to the snake one has just painted.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
