Search in folklore: waiting

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Waiting is futile for whomever wants to kiss someone's backside.

Proverbs and old sayings Basques about kiss

Waiting for a rabbit to hit upon a tree and be killed in order to catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about order

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.

Proverbs and old sayings French about people

Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

The worm that exposes itself on the ground is waiting for a lucky bird to devour it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If someone is waiting for something important they wouldn't die until they achieve it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Fixing the known is better than waiting for the unknown.

Proverbs and old sayings

It's no use waiting for your ship to come in, unless you've sent one out.

Proverbs and old sayings Belgian about use

It is no use waiting for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out.

Proverbs and old sayings Belgian about use

At night one takes eels, it is worth waiting sometimes.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about night

He that feeds himself from waiting could die of hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about hunger

It's ill waiting for dead men's shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

Fortune does not stand waiting at any one's door.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wealth

People count the faults of those who keep them waiting.

Proverbs and old sayings French about people

He who is waiting for someone else's bowl often dines late.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The while we keep a man waiting, he reflects on our shortcomings.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

We are the ones we have been waiting for.

Proverbs and old sayings

The waiting man thinks the time long.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about time, man

A waiting appetite kindles many a spite.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

To wait for luck is the same as waiting for death.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about bad luck, good luck, death