Famous Proverbs
236 Proverbs about Wood / Page 22
211. Gold and green woods.
212. In a fire, both green and dry wood burn.
213. Wood can only be split with a wedge that is cut from its own tree.
214. If you call a piece of wood 'child', you can never use it to light fire since it has become so precious.
215. A termite grows up in dry wood, and yet comes to maturity.
216. Not all the trees in the forest make good firewood.
217. When we Indians kill meat, we eat it all up. When we dig roots, we make little holes. When we build houses, we make little holes. When we burn grass for grasshoppers, we don't ruin things. We shake down acorns and pine nuts. We don't chop down the trees. We only use dead wood.
218. There are mae ways to the wood then ane.
219. Ye canna see the wood for trees.
220. Who is a piece of stick in youth will be a block of wood in old age.