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Little snakes need to grow in hiding.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian about need

Flee from sin as from a snake; if you go near it, it will bite you.

Proverbs and old sayings about sin

He shouts snake and frog at somebody.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

A snake that swallows his friend will have a tail sticking out of his mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

A snake that swallows its neighbor will have a tail sticking out of its mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

Even if fed milk, a snake will still emit poison.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Though the snake be small, it is still wise to hit it with a big stick.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Poke a bush, a snake comes out.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

The head of a dragon, the tail of a snake.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about heads

By poking at a bamboo thicket, one drives out a snake.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

You can't straighten a snake by putting it in a bamboo cane.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

The cow drinks water and it turns to milk; the snake drinks water and it turns to poison.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about water

A snake lies concealed in the grass.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

If a rich man eats a snake, people call it wisdom; if a poor man does the same thing, people call it derangement.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about people, wisdom, things, wealth, man

A snake that you can see does not bite.

Proverbs and old sayings

A snake which escapes fills a basket.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about use, enemies

When the snake is old, the frog will tease him.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about old, olderness

He has eaten so many snakes that has become a viper.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

A snake can change its skin but not its disposition.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about change