2214 French Proverbs / Page 25
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings.482.
Don't make an oven of your cap or a garden of your belly.483.
Don't rely on the label of the bag.484.
Don't rock the boat.485.
Don't run too far, you will have to return the same distance.486.
Don't show your teeth if you can't bite.487.
Don't shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.488.
Don't slaughter more pigs than you can salt.489.
Don't snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village.490.
Don't speak to the man at the helm.491.
Don't talk Latin before the Franciscans.492.
Don't teach fishes to swim.493.
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.494.
Don't try to fly before you have wings.495.
Dread the anger of the dove.496.
Dreams are lies.497.
Dreams go by contraries.498.
Dress makes the man.499.
Dress slowly when you are in a hurry.500.
Dressed like a windmill.