Famous Proverbs
1033 Proverbs about Portuguese / Page 59
581.
You have lent and not recovered; and if recovered, not so much; and if so much, not such; and if such, a mortal enemy.582.
You have many strings to your bow.583.
You may keep yourself safe from fire, but not from a bad man.584.
You need not find a shelter for an old ox.585.
You will not see many with green eyes.586.
Your wife and sheep early at home.587.
Your windmill dwindles into a nutcrack.588.
A Portuguese apprentice who can't sew, yet would be cutting out.589.
Walls have ears.590.
Strike while the iron is hot.