Famous Proverbs
168 Proverbs about Finger / Page 8
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If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are. If one finger brought oil it soiled others.72.
The eyes can do a thousand things that the fingers can't.73.
The person who has burned their fingers often asks for tongs.74.
The person with burned fingers asks for tongs.75.
He who has long fingers should also have long legs.76.
After shaking hands with a Greek, count your fingers.77.
It's tough trying to keep your feet on the ground, your head above the clouds, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball and your ear to the ground.78.
Never burn your fingers to snuff another man's candle.79.
He who steals honey, licks his fingers.80.
Better a friend at court than gold on the finger.