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Shot Proverbs
Every shot does not bring down a bird.
Dutch Proverb
If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot.
Japanese Proverb
Had the pheasant not screamed, it wouldn't have been shot.
Japanese Proverb
It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to avoid an arrow shot from behind.
Chinese Proverb
An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter's head.
English Proverb
If you were born to be shot, you'll never be hung.
English Proverb
If `almost' did not exist, said the woman, "than I would have shot a hare."
Danish Proverb
He is a bad shot who cannot find an excuse.
German Proverb
A fine shot never killed a bird.
Italian Proverb
Dont sell the skin, until you have shot the bear.
Norwegian Proverb
We are often shot with our own feathers.
English Proverb
An arrow once shot is hard to get back.
Hungarian Proverb
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Romanian Proverb
Many buy the bearskin before the bear is shot.
Swedish Proverb
Charge nae mair shot than the piece ‘ll bear.
Scottish Proverb
Many a shot goes into the heather.
Scottish Gaelic Proverb
Better to be shot with a crossbow than rejected by a window slammed shut.
Sicilian Proverb
A man who shoots his arrows as he makes them does not realize when he has shot a whole sheaf.
Ibo Proverb
An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter's head.
Romanian Proverb
Don't sell the fur until the bear has been shot.
Dutch Proverb
An arrow once shot never comes back.
Turkish Proverb