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Cutting Proverbs
A dog will not make himself look like a horse just by cutting off his tail.
Hindi Proverb
When you see that someone is cutting your neighbor's beard, start wetting yours.
Mexican Proverb
You don't kill a gypsy by cutting him in ten pieces -- you only make ten more gypsies.
Gypsy Proverb
A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.
African Proverb
A Portuguese apprentice who can't sew, yet would be cutting out.
Spanish Proverb
A cutting word is worse than a bowstring; a cut may heal but the cut of the tongue does not.
Mauritania Proverb
You learn how to cut down trees cutting them down.
Bateke Proverb
Cutting off a mule's ears doesn't make it a horse.
Creole Proverb
It is no use cutting a stick when the fight is over.
Japanese Proverb
Cutting the ears of a mule will not make him a horse.
African Proverb
To cut into another's man's ear is like cutting into a felt hat.
Danish Proverb
Cutting by the tongue is different from cutting by the knife.
Kikuyu Proverb
The son does not cut his finger in cutting meat for his father.
Kikuyu Proverb
To condemn by a cutting laugh comes easily to all.
Latin Proverb
By slitting the ears and cutting the tail, a dog is still a dog, not a horse, not an ass.
Hindi Proverb