Skin Proverbs

A snake can change its skin but not its disposition. (Persian Proverb)
An ass in a lion's skin. View proverb
Romanian Proverb
Beauty is only skin deep. View proverb
English Proverb
Only your nail scratches your skin. View proverb
Lebanese Proverb
Rain beats on a leopard's skin, but it does not wash out the spots. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
Youth sheds many a skin. The steed does not retain its speed forever. View proverb
Irish Proverb
A rash man, a skin of good wine, and a glass vessel, do not last long. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
Talk of the wolf and behold his skin. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
Who does not wish to be like the wolf let him not wear its skin. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Where the skin of the lion does not suffice, we must join that of the fox. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Catch the bear before you sell his skin. (Vietnamese Proverb)
The tail is always the most difficult part to skin. View proverb
Walloon Proverb
A thorn pierces young skin more quickly than old. View proverb
Serbian Proverb
The owner of the skin is the one to tan it. View proverb
Bantu Proverb
It is easy to pull a thorn out of someone else's skin. View proverb
Burundi Proverb
If the lion's skin cannot, the fox's shall. View proverb
Darkovan Proverb
The one who is caught with the skin is the thief. View proverb
Swahili Proverb
The skin of yesteday's sugarcane is a havest to an ant. View proverb
Swahili Proverb
Don't estimate the value of a badger skin before catching the badger. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
If the skin of your belly is tight, the skin of your eyelids can sleep. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A man's good name is as precious to him as its skin is to a tiger. (Japanese Proverb)
A tiger dies and leaves his skin; a man dies and leaves his name. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Beauty is skin deep. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
My skin is closer to me than my shirt is. View proverb
Basque Proverb
The skin fits closer than the shirt. View proverb
Afghan Proverb