176 Proverbs about Black / Page 3
41. The zebra told the white horse, "I am white," and told the black horse, "I am actually black."
42. A blacksmith has no need of an axe.
43. Lilies are whitest in a blackmoor's hand.
44. By night all cats are black.
45. February fill dyke, be it black or be it white.
46. Out of a white egg often comes a black chick.
47. Who paints me before blackens me behind.
48. Lilies are whitest in a blackmoor's hand.
49. Blacksmith's children are not afraid of sparks.
50. Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black.
51. The pot calls the kettle black.
52. The raven chides blackness.
53. "Fie upon thee, how black thou art!" said the kettle to the saucepan.
54. There'll be white blackbirds before an unwilling woman ties the knot.
55. Even black hens lay white eggs.
56. The blacksmith's horse and the cobbler's wife are always the last to have shoes.
57. A swan would die with pride only for its black feet.
58. The shoemaker's wife and the blacksmith's horse often go unshod.
59. If you talk to the blacksmith you'll get hit by sparks.
60. A malicious man is like a coal sack -- black on the outside and even blacker inside.
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