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One piece of green wood is enough to stop the others from burning.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Watch out for wooden nickels.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Don't take any wooden nickels.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Don't cry till you are out of the wood.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about hunger, americans

He that fears leaves must not come into a wood.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

When you get older you keep warm with the wood you gathered as a youth.

Proverbs and old sayings about youth

Fire with seasoned wood and work with flexible people are easy.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about work, fire, fire brigade, people

Blacksmiths and woodworkers will never suffer from poverty.

Proverbs and old sayings about suffering, poverty

In the house of a blacksmith the ornaments are made of wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about home, house

It is a poor wood that has never a withered bough in it.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Rotten wood cannot be carved.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Don't build a new ship out of old wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about old, olderness

Mallet strikes chisel; chisel splits wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mind

Every kind of wood is grey when they are reduced to ashes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Honing your hatchet will not delay your effort of wood cutting.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

People live like birds in the woods: When the time comes, each must take flight.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about flight, people, time

Dry wood makes a quick fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade

Fields have eyes and woods have ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about eyes