Famous Proverbs
69 Proverbs about Neck / Page 6
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Put a begger on horseback, and he will ride fast, or else break his neck.52.
A camel cannot see the crookedness of its neck.53.
A drunkard is like a whisky bottle only neck and belly but no head.54.
A sleeping head needs more than its neck to support it.55.
Don't seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt you may he break his neck.56.
The gourd's neck cannot be straightened in it's old age, it can only be broken.57.
Tortoises only make progress when they stick there necks out.58.
When a stiff-necked bull stands with its four legs planted firmly and refuses to move, you cannot make it go ahead only by pulling it by the reins and using your whip.59.
Before it's ready to eat the fig must be mature, dripping, with a bent neck and a thin skin.60.
The neck cannot become the head.