Il can battuto dal bastone, ha paura dell’ombra.The dog that has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesThe dog that has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.
Tradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · ITALIAN PROVERBS · paragrafo 747 · «Il can battuto dal bastone, ha paura dell’ombra.»
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