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When an ant gets wings, it loses its head.

Proverbs and old sayings Bosnian about heads

Words have no wings but they can fly many thousands of miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean

Words are like eggs: when they are hatched they have wings.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

You cannot fly with wings made of butter.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

If God had meant us to fly, he would have given us wings

Proverbs and old sayings British about god, old, olderness

A bird only flies as high as his wings take him.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Scandal is like an egg; when it is hatched it has wings.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The bird, which flaps its wings too much, will drop its feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Dreams give wings to fools.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about dream, americans

Truth gives wings to strength.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about truth, americans

The little bird that flaps its wings too much will spoil them.

Proverbs and old sayings

I give thee flight without wings.

Proverbs and old sayings about flight

The prayer of the innocent has no wings.

Proverbs and old sayings Berber

The ant had wings to her hurt.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Mischief has swift wings.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

God feeds the birds that use their wings.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about use, god

If the cat had wings all sparrows would die.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Good news crawls on its belly; bad news has wings.

Proverbs and old sayings French about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

He wants to fly before he has wings.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Folly hath eagle's wings, but the eyes of an owl.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about eyes