A bird may be known by its song
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Другие пословицы:
- Hares may pull dead lions by the beard
- To give a lark to catch a kite
- One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock
- He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
- To eat the calf in the cow's belly
- Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse
- To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- To flog a dead horse
- The evils we bring on ourselves are hardest to bear
- To set the wolf to keep the sheep
- If wishes were horses, beggars might ride
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- Don't sell the bear's skin before you've caught it
- To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot