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61. An unlucky man falls on straw, but splits his nose from a hidden stone.. Hebrew Proverb. An unlucky man falls on straw, but splits his nose from a hidden stone.
Hebrew Proverb

62. If you have a tail of straw, then keep away from the fire.. Argentinean Proverb. If you have a tail of straw, then keep away from the fire.
Argentinean Proverb

63. A drowning man will clutch at straws.. Armenian Proverb. A drowning man will clutch at straws.
Armenian Proverb

64. Other land blueberry; own land strawberry.. Finnish Proverb. Other land blueberry; own land strawberry.
Finnish Proverb

65. If a man knew where he would fall, he would spread straw there first.. Finnish Proverb. If a man knew where he would fall, he would spread straw there first.
Finnish Proverb

66. Even a straw becomes heavy, if you carry it far enough.. Latin Proverb. Even a straw becomes heavy, if you carry it far enough.
Latin Proverb

67. A man and a sheaf of straw make two.. Maltese Proverb. A man and a sheaf of straw make two.
Maltese Proverb

68. What good is a palace if it's inhabited by owls. Better a straw hut inhabited by humans.. Filipino Proverb. What good is a palace if it's inhabited by owls. Better a straw hut inhabited by humans.
Filipino Proverb

69. Time and straw make medlars ripe.. Romanian Proverb. Time and straw make medlars ripe.
Romanian Proverb

70. A drowning man will clutch at a straw.. Romanian Proverb. A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Romanian Proverb

71. A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.. Romanian Proverb. A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.
Romanian Proverb

72. Who has skirts of straw needs fear the fire.. Romanian Proverb. Who has skirts of straw needs fear the fire.
Romanian Proverb

73. It is a dangerous fire that begins in the bed straw.. Romanian Proverb. It is a dangerous fire that begins in the bed straw.
Romanian Proverb

74. Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heir.. Romanian Proverb. Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heir.
Romanian Proverb

75. A sinking persons grabs a straw.. Somali Proverb. A sinking persons grabs a straw.
Somali Proverb

76. A strawberry blossom will not moisten dry bread.. Ugandan Proverb. A strawberry blossom will not moisten dry bread.
Ugandan Proverb

77. Keep fire away from straw.. Ukrainian Proverb. Keep fire away from straw.
Ukrainian Proverb

78. It was the last straw that broke the camel's back.. British Proverb. It was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
British Proverb

79. That's the last straw.. British Proverb. That's the last straw.
British Proverb

80. Man dat carry straw no fe fool wid fire.. Jamaican Proverb. Man dat carry straw no fe fool wid fire.
Jamaican Proverb

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