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Strain not your bow beyond its bent, lest it break.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

You stored your milk in a straining metal... and now you are complaining about bad luck?

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about bad luck, good luck, bad

The beer is difficult to strain.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Look at the strainer that tells the skimmer: You have three holes.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
Peace on the earth, good will to men
From heaven's all gracious King
The world in solemn stillness lay

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Carols

One dog yelping at nothing will set ten thousand straining at their collars.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about nothing