Non fu mai cacciator gatto che miagola.Never was a mewing cat a good mouser.
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Non fu mai cacciator gatto che miagola.Never was a mewing cat a good mouser.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando tuona, il ladro divien uomo dabbene.When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA conti vecchi contese nuove.Old reckonings, new disputes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha coda di paglia, ha sempre paura che gli pigli fuoco.He who has a straw tail is always in fear of its catching fire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFrà Modesto non fu mai priore.Friar Modest never was a prior.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA tela ordita Dio manda il filo.For a web begun God sends thread.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVentre digiuno non ode nessuno.A hungry belly has no ears.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDico a te figliuola, intendilo tu nuora.I speak to you, daughter; hear it daughter-in-law.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE bene aver degli amici per tutto.It is good to have friends everywhere.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMentre l’erba cresce il cavallo muore di fame.Whilst the grass grows the steed starves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiù vede un occhio del padrone che quattro del servitore.One eye of the master sees more than four eyes of his servants.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTal lascia l’arrosto, che poi ne brama il fumo.Many a one leaves the roast who afterwards longs for the smoke of it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio un uccello in gabbia che cento fuori.A bird in the cage is worth a hundred at large.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa coda sempre è la più cattiva da scorticare.The tail is always the hardest part to flay.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEgli ha bel dir bugie chi viene da lontano.He may lie safely who comes from afar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi canta, i suoi mali spaventa.He who sings drives away sorrow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAcqua torbida non fa specchio.Muddy water won’t do for a mirror.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDi rado il medico piglia medicina.The doctor seldom takes physic.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgnuno si crede senza vizio, perchè non ha quelli degli altri.Every one thinks himself without sin because he has not those of others.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTutto s’accommoda eccetto l’osso del collo.Everything may be repaired except the neckbone.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCome l’arbore è caduto, ognun vi corre colla scure a far legna.When the tree is down every one runs to it with a hatchet to cut wood.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAmor vero non diventa mai canuto.True love never grows old.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAll’amico mondagli il fico, all’inimico il persico.Peel a fig for your friend, a peach for your enemy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi vuol saldar piaga, non la maneggi.He that would heal a wound must not handle it.
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