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Ant Proverbs
For an ant to have wings would be his undoing.
Persian Proverb
The ambitious one makes friends with the elephant, then tramples upon the ant.
Hindi Proverb
A coconut shell full of water is a sea to an ant.
Hindi Proverb
The world flatters the elephant and tramples on the ant.
Hindi Proverb
Even the sharpest ear cannot hear an ant singing.
Sudanese Proverb
Work like an ant and you'll eat sugar.
Yemeni Proverb
The skin of yesteday's sugarcane is a havest to an ant.
Swahili Proverb
Every one hates the red ant on a kola nut because he cannot eat or sell it.
Ghana Proverb
A little water is a sea to an ant.
Afghan Proverb
When an ant says 'ocean', he's talking about a puddle.
Afghan Proverb
The ant had wings to her hurt.
English Proverb
The ant shall never crawl on its knees.
Arabic Proverb
When an ant gets wings, it loses its head.
Bosnian Proverb
To be slow in giving ant to refuse, are alike.
Portuguese Proverb
Every ant has its ire.
Portuguese Proverb
The eyeless ant asked God: Give me eye-lashes.
Georgian Proverb
Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.
Turkish Proverb
God gives wings to the ant that she may perish the sooner.
Spanish Proverb
With patience and a bit of spittle, the elephant picks up the ant so little.
Mexican Proverb
You can't eat "almost." Even an ant can hurt an elephant.
African Zulu Proverb
Even an ant can hurt an elephant.
African Zulu Proverb
It is easier to transport an ant hill than exercise authority in a village.
Mongo Proverb
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