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Mortar Proverbs
A pestle upon a peg, and a mortar upon a clothes line.
Kashmir Proverb
The skill of using a mortar and pestle never leaves one.
Japanese Proverb
The wind that carried the mortar will not fail to carry the pestle.
African Proverb
No pestle can be bigger than its mortar.
African Proverb
Sweat makes good mortar.
German Proverb
The mortar always smells of garlic.
Italian Proverb
He who builds on another's ground loses his stone and mortar.
Italian Proverb
Who pounds the water in the mortar, will get wet with the drops and will end up tired.
Sicilian Proverb
To pound water with a mortar is futile.
Kikuyu Proverb