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The bleating of the lamb merely arouses the tiger.

Proverbs and old sayings French

There is no off switch on a tiger.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Even if the old woman has no teeth, her tiger nuts remain in her own bag.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about woman, old, olderness

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount.

Proverbs and old sayings about dictatorship

Money hides in the tiger's ear.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about money

Every dog is a tiger in his own street.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Those who hunt deer sometimes raise tigers.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

When the time comes, even a rat becomes a tiger.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about time

A tiger dies and leaves his skin; a man dies and leaves his name.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about name, man

A newborn baby has no fear of tigers.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about fear

Where there are no tigers, a wildcat is very self-important.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about self-control

Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about self-control

Court not companionship with tigers.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Don't teach the tiger cub to eat meat.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

A tiger wearing a bell will starve.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian

The hero appears only when the tiger is dead.

Proverbs and old sayings about heroism

Once the cattle have been split up, then the tiger strikes.

Proverbs and old sayings

A tiger does not have to proclaim its tigri-tude.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

The tiger that has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about blood

Catch a tiger with bare hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai