Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The mother-in-law must be entreated, and
the pot must be let stand.
The mother-in-law shows you her thighs
without shame, you are the embarrassed
one.
The motherless child will suckle the
grandmother.
The mother's breast cannot get leprosy.
The mountain labored and brought forth a
mouse.
The mountain makes the horse suffer, anger
makes oneself suffer.
The mountaineer's ass carries wine and
drinks water.
The mountains are in labour, and bring
forth a mouse.
The mountains are never so far apart but the
animals find one another.
The mountains have brought forth a mouse.
The mountains make the mist and the
valleys must consume them.
The mouse does not leave the cat's house
with a bellyful.
The mouse does not talk back to the lion.
The mouse fell from the ceiling, and the cat
cried, "Allah!".
The mouse has but one hole is soon caught.
The mouse in the wall may look at a cat, but
he is wise not to squeak about it.
The mouse is caught in the trap.
The mouse is knowing, but the cat more
knowing.
The mouse may find a hole, be the room
ever so full of cats.
The mouse says: I dig a hole without a hoe;
the snake says: climb a tree without
arms.
The mouse says: I dig a hole without a hoe;
the snake says: I climb a tree without
arms.
The mouse that has but one hole is quickly
taken.
The mouse that hath but one hold is soon
caught.
The mouse that knows but one hole is soon
caught by the cat.
The mouse that only trusts to one poor hole,
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can never be a mouse of any soul.
The mouth and the purse, shut.
The mouth brought the wolf into the trap,
the tongue the ermine to the snare.
The mouth does not eat if the feet do not
walk and the hands work.
The mouth does not forget what it tasted
only one time.
The mouth does not know limitations of its
master.
The mouth is a chink.
The mouth is not sweetened by saying
"Honey, honey." So the music, so the
people.
The mouth is stupid, after eating it forgets
who gave it the food.
The mouth is the cause of calamity.
The mouth is the door of evil.
The mouth is the interpreter for the heart.
The mouth makes debts, but the arms pay.
The mouth of a canon is less dangerous than
that of a scandalmonger.
The mouth of a man is a terrible opening.
The mouth of a perfectly happy man is filled
with beer.
The mouth of a treading horse is not
muzzled.
The mouth of a woman takes no holiday.
The mouth of an elderly man is without
teeth, but never without words of
wisdom.
The mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
The mouth often utters that which the head
must answer for.
The mouth prays to Buddha, but the heart is
full of evil.
The mouth put the head in trouble.
The mouth sells the head.
The mouth that eats pepper is the one that
the pepper influences.
The mouth that eats should not talk, for it
risks swallowing a fly.
The mouth that has saliva does not lack
words.