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Rope Proverbs - page 2
Pull gently at a weak rope.
Dutch Proverb
A rope which is pulled for a long time, breaks.
Kaonde Proverb
Time is longer than a rope.
Virgin Islander Proverb
A rope parts where it is thinnest.
Swahili Proverb
A well-worn coir-rope is better than a new rope made from raffia.
Swahili Proverb
Constant rubbing of a rope will cut a stone.
Swahili Proverb
You can lean on a bamboo stick, but not on a rope.
Chinese Proverb
Once bitten by a snake, he is scared all his life at the mere sight of a rope.
Chinese Proverb
It's not that the well is too deep, but rather the rope is too short.
Chinese Proverb
Once bitten by a snake you feel suspicious even when you see a piece of rope.
African Proverb
A short rope ties nothing.
African Proverb
Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself.
English Proverb
Money for old rope.
English Proverb
He who has been bitten by a snake is scared of a rope on the ground.
Arabic Proverb
You must be strong to pull a rope against a stronger.
Danish Proverb
You cannot pull hard with a broken rope.
Danish Proverb
One who's been bitten by a snake is afraid of a black-and-white rope.
Persian Proverb
Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself.
Portuguese Proverb
Who more than he is worth doth spend, he makes a rope his life to end.
Romanian Proverb
He that hath been bitten by a serpent is afraid of a rope.
Dutch Proverb
He, who more than he is worth doth spend, E'en makes a rope, his life to end.
French Proverb
Never speak of a rope in the family of one who has been hanged.
French Proverb
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