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Flesh Proverbs
The flesh of a young animal tastes flat.
African Congo Proverb
A meal without flesh is like feeding on grass.
Hindi Proverb
He is as good a Catholic as Duke Alva's dog; who ate flesh in Lent.
Dutch Proverb
We are all flesh and blood of the earth and so will return to the ground as rotten maggot encrusted relics.
Togolese Proverb
A woman's tongue is sharp enough to pierce the toughest flesh.
Togolese Proverb
Man and wife are one flesh.
Japanese Proverb
A leopard's spots: or, what is bred in the babe will come out in the flesh.
Afghan Proverb
When a lion cannot find the flesh to feed on, it has no choice but to eat the grass.
African Proverb
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
English Proverb
Even a dog will not eat a leg without flesh.
Croatian Proverb
We are all flesh and blood.
Maltese Proverb
There is danger when a dog has once tasted flesh.
Latin Proverb
Anger against a brother is felt in the flesh, not in the bone.
Ibo Proverb
Impatience with your brother is in the flesh, it doesn't reach the bone.
Mamprussi Proverb
Bones and flesh of the martyrs lie buried in earth, but their revolutionary spirit and single-hearted fidelity remain alive.
African Proverb
Anger against a brother is felt on the flesh, not in the bone.
African Proverb
Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.
English Proverb
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
English Proverb
Flesh of man – mends itself.
Bengali Proverb
A thorn in the flesh.
Hungarian Proverb
Old fish and young flesh do feed men best.
Romanian Proverb
What is bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
Romanian Proverb
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