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71 Proverbs about Fingers



1. A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm.. African Proverb. A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm.
African Proverb

2. Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers.. Chinese Proverb. Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers.
Chinese Proverb

3. Your fingers can't be of the same length.. Chinese Proverb. Your fingers can't be of the same length.
Chinese Proverb

4. Don't snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village.. French Proverb. Don't snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village.
French Proverb

5. He is a very bad manager of honey who leaves nothing to lick off his fingers.. French Proverb. He is a very bad manager of honey who leaves nothing to lick off his fingers.
French Proverb

6. The Germans carry their wit in their fingers.. French Proverb. The Germans carry their wit in their fingers.
French Proverb

7. Five fingers hold more than two forks.. German Proverb. Five fingers hold more than two forks.
German Proverb

8. Locks and keys are not made for honest fingers.. German Proverb. Locks and keys are not made for honest fingers.
German Proverb

9. Never burn your fingers to snuff another man's candle.. Irish Proverb. Never burn your fingers to snuff another man's candle.
Irish Proverb

10. All the fingers are not alike.. Italian Proverb. All the fingers are not alike.
Italian Proverb

11. He who doth his own business defileth not his fingers.. Italian Proverb. He who doth his own business defileth not his fingers.
Italian Proverb

12. He's an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.. Italian Proverb. He's an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.
Italian Proverb

13. If I have lost the ring I still have the fingers.. Italian Proverb. If I have lost the ring I still have the fingers.
Italian Proverb

14. Of three things the devil makes a salad: advocate's tongues, notaries' fingers, and a third that shall be nameless.. Italian Proverb. Of three things the devil makes a salad: advocate's tongues, notaries' fingers, and a third that shall be nameless.
Italian Proverb

15. The fingers of the same hand are not alike.. Portuguese Proverb. The fingers of the same hand are not alike.
Portuguese Proverb

16. Cleaning a blot with blotted fingers maketh a greater.. Spanish Proverb. Cleaning a blot with blotted fingers maketh a greater.
Spanish Proverb

17. His courage oozed out at his fingers' ends.. Spanish Proverb. His courage oozed out at his fingers' ends.
Spanish Proverb

18. I perfectly feel even at my fingers end.. Spanish Proverb. I perfectly feel even at my fingers end.
Spanish Proverb

19. If the rings are lost, here are the fingers still.. Spanish Proverb. If the rings are lost, here are the fingers still.
Spanish Proverb

20. What I see with my eyes I can guess with my fingers.. Spanish Proverb. What I see with my eyes I can guess with my fingers.
Spanish Proverb

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