It is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail.
Proverbs and old sayings German
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When the fox wants to catch geese, he wags his tail.
Proverbs and old sayings German
The higher the monkey goes the more he shows his tail.
Proverbs and old sayings German
The dog does not get bread every time he wags his tail.
Proverbs and old sayings German about time
The higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.
Proverbs and old sayings German
It is not till the cow has lost her tail, that she discovers its value.
Proverbs and old sayings German about value
Millers, tailors, and weavers are not hanged, or the trade would soon be extinct.
Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce
Who takes an eel by the tail or a woman by her word, grasp as he will, holds nothing fast.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fasting, word, woman, nothing
Even the elephant can fan off flies with its short tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Afghan
A lazy tailor finds his thread too long.
Proverbs and old sayings Greek
A cow that has no tail should not try to chase away flies.
Proverbs and old sayings Guinean
It is better to be the head of a mouse, then the tail of a lion.
Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, heads
Better be a tail for the lions than the head of the foxes.
Proverbs and old sayings about heads
Make not thy tail broader than thy wings.
Proverbs and old sayings
Make not thy tail broader than thy wings. [Keep not too many attendants. ]
Proverbs and old sayings
The tail wags the dog.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
It has neither an ear, nor a tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
The magpie wants too much, but her tail is unable to carry it.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
Dragons often rise up on their tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic
God swats flies for an animal that has no tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about god
