143 Proverbs about Wash / Page 6
101. A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
102. He that washes an ass's head loses both his lye and his labour.
103. Even though chickens don't wash, their eggs are still white.
104. Let what is on this side of the bank be washed out by the flood, and what is on that side of the bank be carried away by the wind.
105. A clean hand wants no washing.
106. It's best to wash one's soiled linen at home.
107. Blood cannot be washed out with blood.
108. Whosoever eats bread without first washing his hands, it is as though he had sinned with a harlot.
109. Salt water and absence wash away love.
110. Wipe wi' the water and wash wi' the towel.
111. Don't let an angry man wash dishes; don't let a hungry man guard rice.
112. Bathe other people's children but don't wash behind their ears.
113. Rain beats on a leopard's skin, but it does not wash out the spots.
114. The rain wets the leopard's spots but does not wash them off.
115. Rain wets a leopard's skin, but it does not wash out the spots.
116. The left hand washes the right and the right washes the left.
117. A man who lives on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.
118. A slave boy is blamed no matter what he does: If he does not wash his hands, he is accused of being dirty. If he washes his hands, he is accused of wasting water.
119. She is as undecided as an orphan: if she does not wash her hands, she will be told that she is a dirty child; if she washes her hands she will be told that she is wasting water.
120. Crows are never the whiter for washing themselves.
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