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Don't be a tiger's head with a snake's tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heads

Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Mistaking the reflection of a bow in a cup for a snake.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who wants to be a dragon must eat many little snakes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drawing

A man's greed is like a snake that wants to swallow an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about greed, man

Do not add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drawing

Man's heart is never satisfied; the snake would swallow the elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart, man

Once bitten by a snake, he is scared all his life at the mere sight of a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life

Once bitten by a snake, one is scared all his life at the mere sight of a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life

A person whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, heart

The human heart is never satisfied, just like the snake that wants to swallow an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about human imperfections, heart

The fangs of the green snake and the sting of a wasp don't really make poison -- that is only to be found in a woman's heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart, woman

The snake and the crab don't sleep in the same hole.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about sleep

Ropes that are too long become snakes.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who has been bitten by a snake is afraid of an eel.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about concentration

He who digs too deep for a fish, may come out with a snake.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Look before you leap, For snakes among sweet flowers do creep.

Proverbs and old sayings German about flowers

Don't trouble a quiet snake.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about quiet