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Swimming is easy if someone holds your head above water.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads, water

Swim on and don't trust.

Proverbs and old sayings French

To swim and swim more, and be drowned on shore.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

If dolphins swim toward Hilo, the sea will be calm; if the dolphins swim toward Ka'u, the ocean will be rough.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian

Who swims in sin will sink in sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings British about sadness, sin

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

Proverbs and old sayings English about water

When a rat swims with a frog, it dies of cold.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

You cannot think you could teach a fish to swim.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The fish that dirties the water will forever swim in dirty water.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water

Being a swimmer and spending time in the water does not make you a fish.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about being, time, water

The house rat who goes swimming with his friend the lizard will die from cold.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

Only live fish swim up stream.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

He that swims in sin will sink in sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about sadness, sin, americans

Never venture out of your depth till you can swim.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The young goose is a good swimmer.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

Shall the gosling teach the goose to swim?

Proverbs and old sayings

A mule can swim seven different strokes but the moment he sees the water he forgets them all.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about moment, water

The sea aint got no backdoor; I can swim like lead.

Proverbs and old sayings

Only in water can you learn to swim.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about water

When wine sinks, words swim.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wine