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Shoe Proverbs
When they came to shoe the horse of the sultan, along comes the beetle and sticks out her foot.
Lebanese Proverb
Everyone knows where his own shoe pinches him.
Mexican Proverb
Don't scratch your shoe when it's your foot that itches.
Japanese Proverb
Avoid suspicion: when you're walking through your neighbor's melon patch, don't tie your shoe.
Chinese Proverb
A sandal is not a shoe; a cap is not a turban.
Afghan Proverb
If the shoe fits, put it on.
American Proverb
If the shoe fits, wear it.
English Proverb
Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
English Proverb
Everybody knows best where his own shoe pinches.
German Proverb
A buckle is a great addition to an old shoe.
Irish Proverb
The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.
Irish Proverb
He that feels sorry for the shoe, loses the horse.
Bulgarian Proverb
No one perceives where the shoe pinches but he who wears it.
Italian Proverb
There never was a shoe however handsome that did not become an ugly slipper.
Italian Proverb
No one knows where another's shoe pinches.
Dutch Proverb
He whom the shoe fits should put it on.
Dutch Proverb
One can't shoe a running horse.
Dutch Proverb
All feet tread not in one shoe.
Dutch Proverb
A shoemaker's wife and a smith's mare are always the worst shod.
Spanish Proverb
For want of a nail the shoe is lost.
Spanish Proverb
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the rider was lost.
Traditional Proverb
You can't look at the stars while you are walking if you have a stone in your shoe.
Chinese Proverb
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