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The walls have mice, the mice have ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

Beware a rickety wall, a savage dog, and a quarrelsome person.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about people

A guest sticks a nail in the wall even if he stays but one night.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about night

A guest hammers a nail in the wall even if he stays only one night.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about night

A beggar's wallet is never full.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Hard with hard doesn't make a good wall.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about good, good luck

Hard upon hard does not make a good wall.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about good, good luck

A white wall is a fool's paper.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Love will go through stone walls.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about love

If the ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Even walls may have ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

You cannot build a wall with one stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

When a girl is born all four walls weep.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

You cannot break a wall with your forehead.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

You cannot break through a wall with your forehead.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

The weakest goes to the walls.

Proverbs and old sayings

Out o' davy lindsay into wallace.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

The rejected stone will become the cornerstone of the wall.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

It's like talking to a brick wall.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about talking

Do not tell your secrets behind a wall or a hedge.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish