43 Proverbs about Sparrow
1. A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it.
2. Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.
3. A sparrow in hand is worth a pheasant that flieth by.
4. A sparrow in hand is worth more than a vulture flying.
5. A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the wing.
6. Two sparrows on the same ear of corn are not long friends.
7. Two sparrows upon one ear of corn make ill agreement.
8. A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof.
9. Better a sparrow in the hand than two flying.
10. A sparrow in the hand is better than a bustard on the wing.
11. Two sparrows on one ear of corn never agree.
12. There are twenty-five uncaught sparrows for a penny.
13. A sparrow suffers as much when it breaks its leg as does a Flanders horse.
14. It does not become the sparrow to mix in the dance of the cranes.
15. Sparrows should not dance with cranes, their legs are too short.
16. The sparrow says: "I have not eaten... so the parrot will not eat either."
17. Only heaven can see the back of a sparrow.
18. If the cat had wings all sparrows would die.
19. The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow.
20. The sparrow flying behind the hawk thinks the hawk is fleeing.
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