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Three hairs are quickly combed.

Proverbs and old sayings

Three comforts of old age: fire, tea and tobacco.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about olderness, age, fire, fire brigade, old

Three remedies of the physicians of Myddfal: water, honey, and labour.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about water

Three things it is best to avoid a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about things, man

Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about air, food, things

A fence lasts three years, a dog lasts three fences, a horse three dogs, and a man three horses.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

Feed a dog for three days and it is gratefull for three years. Feed a cat for three years and it forgets after three days.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about day

A cat has nine lives; for three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The cat has nine lives: three for playing, three for straying, three for staying.

Proverbs and old sayings English

The danger that threatens the hunting dog, threatens the hunter too.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about hunters, danger

When Pisa burned, it rained three nights and three days.

Proverbs and old sayings about day

Every word has three definitions and three interpretations.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

There are three too much and three too little that can bring a fool down: too much spending and too little money; too much talking and too little knowledge; and too much boasting and too little earnings.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about talking, knowledge, money

It takes three years to learn to be a man of integrity; it only takes three days to degrade.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about integrity, day, man

A good client doesn't change shop in three years, a good shop doesn't change clients in three years.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, good, good luck

The matchmaker gets three cups of wine when he succeeds and three slaps on the cheek when he fails.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about wine