Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about man
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Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
Proverbs and old sayings British about garden
By the yard, life is hard. By the inch, it's a cinch.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about garden, life, americans
Clean your own yard first before asking others to clean theirs.
Proverbs and old sayings Bosnian about garden
1 day 1 yard. Bagan won't move.
Proverbs and old sayings about garden, day
A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about garden
An inch too short is as bad as a yard.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about garden, bad luck, bad
The sun will shine into our yard too.
Proverbs and old sayings German about garden, sun
He was never good since the time a yard made a coat for him.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about garden, time, good, good luck
Two cocks in one yard do not agree.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about garden
He measures others with his own yard.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about garden
One who wants to keep their yard tidy does not reserve a plot for the weeds.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about plot, garden
Cockroach neber so drunk him walk a fowl yard.
Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about garden
When yu go a Jackass yard, yu noh fi chat 'bout big iyaz.
Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about garden
He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony.
Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about garden, dance
He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.
Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about garden, dance
He who is unable to dance blames it in the stony yard.
Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about garden, dance
The grass is always greener on your neighbor's yard.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about garden
Fat cats and thin birds can share a yard, but thin cats and fat birds no way.
Proverbs and old sayings Rosicrucian about garden
Elderberries in the yard and an uncle in kiev.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about garden
