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Wishes won't wash dishes.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

God has spared the naked man from washing his clothes with soap.

Proverbs and old sayings about clothes, god, man

Salt water and absence wash away love.

Proverbs and old sayings British about water, love

Wipe wi' the water and wash wi' the towel.

Proverbs and old sayings British about water

Water washes up everything but shame.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about shame, water

A Single hand cannot wash itself even in the Danube river.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

Many people wash their hands to have dinner with the bishop, only a few sit down to his table.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about people

Don't let an angry man wash dishes; don't let a hungry man guard rice.

Proverbs and old sayings Cambodian about man

One hand washes the other, both hands wash the face.

Proverbs and old sayings about face

Bathe other people's children but don't wash behind their ears.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, people

One washes the body in vain if one does not wash the soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about body, soul

Still waters wash out banks.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about bankers

Frequent washing makes not the crow whiter.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A crow is never the whiter for often washing.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

They who do not wash well, do not bleach well.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

One hand must wash the other, or both will be dirty.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He who lies down in the wash will be eaten by swine.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Where a man never goes, there his head will never be washed.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads, man

One hand washes the other, and both the face.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about face

When one hand washes another, both become clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch