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Throat Proverbs
‘My belly thinks my throat is cut,' as the hungry man said.
Irish Proverb
A malignant sore throat is a danger; a malignant throat not sore is worse.
American Proverb
The Frenchman sings well, when his throat is moistened.
Portuguese Proverb
Save a thief from the gallows and he'll be the first who shall cut your throat.
Italian Proverb
The flatterer's throat is an open sepulchre.
Italian Proverb
There is no god like the throat: it takes sacrifices daily.
Nigerian Proverb
Death said to the man with his throat cut, "How ugly you look."
Maltese Proverb
Let not your tongue cut your throat.
Welsh Proverb
If he keeps on imitating everybody the monkey will one day cut his own throat.
South African Proverb
When a musician hath forgotten his note, He makes as though a crumb stuck in his throat.
Senegalese Proverb
Perhaps you will eat a whole elephant and nothing gets stuck in your throat, and then you eat a fish and a bone gets stuck in your throat.
Tshi Proverb
If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it.
African Proverb
Don't let your tongue cut your throat.
Irish Proverb
Once out of the throat it spreads over the world.
Hindi Proverb
He would not give the devil a knife to cut his throat.
Italian Proverb
The midwife should have cut his throat rather than his navel.
Hungarian Proverb
He whose throat is longer than his arm must pray constantly for gods' protection.
Nigerian Proverb
Every poor man has a dry throat and wet boots.
Yiddish Proverb
Measure your throat before you swallow a bone.
Chinese Proverb
Misfortune sits on a rich man's lap but grabs the throat of the pauper.
Danish Proverb
Don't go to Turku, there they'll cut your throat!
Finnish Proverb
Were it a wolf it would spring at your throat.
French Proverb
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