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The tail is always the hardest part to flay.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Through being too knowing the fox lost his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about being

Let every one keep off the flies with his own tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heads

Where the devil cannot put his head he puts his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil, heads

Do not give the dog bread every time he wags his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about time

Take care you don't let your tail be caught in the door.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Better be the head of a lizard than the tail of a dragon.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heads

There is no dog, be he ever so wicked, but wags his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who has a straw tail is always in fear of its catching fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fear, fire, fire brigade

The ass does not know the worth of this tail till he has lost it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who takes an eel by the tail and a woman at her word, may say he holds nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about word, woman, nothing

The fox advised the others to cut off their tails, because he had left his own in the trap.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Cow non dead him wi shak him tail

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

Monkey mus' know weh 'im gwine put 'im tail, before 'im order trousiz.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about order

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

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about heads

The dog that wags its tail won't be beaten.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Every fox praises its tail.

Proverbs and old sayings

A poor old horse will have a worn out tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about old, olderness

A fox is known by this tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin