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He can't see the beam in his own, but he's looking for an eyelash in someone else's.
Azerbaijani Proverb
He's looking for the donkey while sitting on it.
Armenian Proverb
Never burn a penny candle looking for a halfpenny.
Irish Proverb
he has lost the horse, but is looking for the horseshoe.
Persian Proverb
Meaning: Blaming the wrong reason. Looking for a scapegoat.
Indonesian Proverb
What you go looking for, you will find.
Russian Proverb
What's too hard for a man must be worth looking into.
Kenyan Proverb
When you are looking for a country with no tombstones you will find yourself in the land of cannibals.
Madagascan Proverb
Do not waste your time looking for soft ground to drive your spade in.
Madagascan Proverb
If you are looking for bad luck, you will soon find it.
Japanese Proverb
The devil was good looking at eighteen, and course tea makes a bitter first cup.
Japanese Proverb
The woman who takes a wolf for a husband is always looking into the wood.
Basque Proverb
Looking at a king's mouth one would never think he sucked his mother's breast.
African Proverb
Carve the peg by looking at the hole.
Korean Proverb
The looking glass is the enemy of ugly women.
Romanian Proverb
A blind man will not thank you for a looking glass.
Romanian Proverb
A lizard that fell from the top of a tree wastes its time looking back to where it fell from; if there was anything good the lizard deserved, it could not have missed it while it was there on top of the tree.
Nigerian Proverb
Looking for a pin in the ocean.
Thai Proverb
The winter does not go without looking backward.
Finnish Proverb
Once you have found your first diamond, you will never give up looking.
South African Proverb
If you are looking for a fly in your food it means that you are full.
South African Proverb
Looking down at one's nose.
Dutch Proverb
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