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
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A drowning man takes hold of his own hair.
Proverbs and old sayings Greek about man
A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife.
Proverbs and old sayings Greek about wife, wealth, man
You don't know a man before he takes a woman.
Proverbs and old sayings Hatian about woman, man
He who takes his rank lightly raises his own dignity.
Proverbs and old sayings about dignity
God takes care of a blind cow.
Proverbs and old sayings about blind, god
For the lazy and the poor, everything always takes twice the effort.
Proverbs and old sayings
He takes over the baton.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
He takes the wind out of someone's sails.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about god
A man finds what he takes to be small; it will only be big again when he loses it.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
We have to fight for our freedom as long as it takes, and we shall not mind the death following our struggle for independence.
Proverbs and old sayings about fight, independence, mind, death
Whoever the cap fits, takes it.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
Good care takes the head off bad luck.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bad luck, good luck, heads, bad, good
Many a sudden change takes place on a spring day.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about spring, change, day
A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
The doctor seldom takes physic.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
No good doctor ever takes physic.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about good, good luck
He takes out a nail and puts in a pin.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He who takes a woman gives away his freedom.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman
