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You play with a snake and call it a worm.

Proverbs and old sayings Yemenite

A snake deserves no pity.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

A weapon which you don't have in your hand won't kill a snake.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A weapon that you don't have in your hand will not kill a snake. Looking for something can get in the way of finding it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.

Proverbs and old sayings about rocks, sky, things, man

If an eel is with fish, he shows his tail; if he is with snakes, he shows his head.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads