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Burn Proverbs - page 5
To burn the candle at both ends. (1678)
English Proverb
Hot needle burn thread.
Bahamian Proverb
Never burn your fingers to snuff another man's candle.
Traditional Proverb
Eat fire and your mouth will burn live on credit and your pride will burn.
Traditional Proverb
Fire does not burn in a jar.
Japanese Proverb
You burn incense before the god, and then topple him.
Chinese Proverb
Burn one day's gathering of firewood on the same day.
Chinese Proverb
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. (Strauss, 1994 p. 568)
English Proverb
Better blow hard than burn yourself.
Danish Proverb
A burnt child fears [or: dreads] the fire.
Irish Proverb
Pity him who would burn his thiompán for you.'
Irish Proverb
A burnt child dreads the fire.
Romanian Proverb
Do not set the mill on fire in order to burn the mice.
Romanian Proverb
He who burnt himself with soup blows also in the sour milk.
Romanian Proverb
He's like the smith's dog - so wheel used to the sparks that he'll no burn.
Scottish Proverb
Child that has been burnt will understand the danger of fire.
Slovenian Proverb
Don't be too bold, or you will burn your eyes; but don't be too slow.
Lithuanian Proverb
Even a log soaked in water will burn if it is placed near a fire.
Filipino Proverb
A fire will sear and the sun burn yet more, but neither.
Indonesian Proverb
Burn not your house to scare the mouse away.
Turkish Proverb
One does not burn a blanket to get rid of a flea.
Turkish Proverb
She is good who is close to the fire and does not burn.
Spanish Proverb
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