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Spoon Proverbs - page 2
He that dines with the gods must do so with a very long spoon.
African Proverb
A horn spoon holds no poison.
English Proverb
Food tastes best when you eat it with your own spoon.
Danish Proverb
Better no spoon than no soup.
German Proverb
Many take by the bushel, and give with the spoon.
German Proverb
Dish and spoon cannot be without jingling.
Hungarian Proverb
A spoon full of skytter spills a pot full of skins.
Scottish Proverb
Your memory can let you down like it did to a finn who was carving a wooden spoon.
Finnish Proverb
‘Twixt the spoon and the lip, the morsel may slip.
Dutch Proverb
Anyone can make a spoon, but not everyone can make the handle.
Turkish Proverb
A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly.
Latin Proverb
He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil.
Latin Proverb
English equivaleny: He who sups with the devil must use a long spoon.
Italian Proverb
He must have a long spoon who sups with the devil.
Albanian Proverb
A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly.
English Proverb
He needs a long spoon that would eat out of the same dish with the devil.
Danish Proverb
It is better to sup with a cutty than want a spoon.
Scottish Proverb
The spoon maker's children have often the worst spoons.
Icelandic Proverb
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