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The teeth of the puppy are growing, while the old dog is gnawing bones.
Danish Proverb
He who is late may gnaw the bones.
Gypsy Proverb
The dog that digs deepest finds the bones.
Gypsy Proverb
When you buy beef, you buy bones; when you buy land, you buy rocks.
Jamaican Proverb
Copper begets copper, and not (the labour of) men's bones.
Spanish Proverb
No land without stones, no meat without bones.
Moroccan Proverb
If the prayers of dogs were answered, bones would rain from the sky.
Moroccan Proverb
Words alone wont break bones.
Swahili Proverb
If the master gnaws bones, what will he give the dog?
Afghan Proverb
An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.
African Proverb
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
American Proverb
An old man is a bed full of bones.
English Proverb
Hard words break no bones.
English Proverb
The tongue has no bones, yet it breaks bones.
Greek Proverb
A dog is never offended at being pelted with bones.
Italian Proverb
Hard words break no bones.
Italian Proverb
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Jewish Proverb
A womans tongue cracks bones.
Maltese Proverb
Words have no bones, but can break bones.
Corsican Proverb
Talk of the devil and you hear his bones rattle.
Dutch Proverb
Bones snatched from the mouth of a hungry dog.
Latin Proverb
He who is late may gnaw the bones.
Yugoslav Proverb
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