163 Proverbs about Bone / Page 2
21. When two dogs fight for a bone, the third runs away with it.
22. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh.
23. When two dogs fight over a bone, a third one carries it away.
24. When the wame's fu' the bones would be at rest.
25. Old men carry the almanac in their bones.
26. Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
27. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.
28. Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes straight to the bone.
29. Hard words break no bones.
30. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will break my spirit.
31. An old man is a bed full of bones.
32. While two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.
33. Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot.
34. An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.
35. Anger against a brother is felt in the flesh, not in the bone.
36. A dog cannot eat a bone tied to a snake.
37. A juicy bone is useless to a dog with no teeth.
38. Bones and flesh of the martyrs lie buried in earth, but their revolutionary spirit and single-hearted fidelity remain alive.
39. Even two friendly dogs cannot share a single bone.
40. He who chews two bones at the same time will surely bite his tongue.
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