Famous Proverbs
236 Proverbs about Wood / Page 9
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In the house of a blacksmith the ornaments are made of wood.82.
Every kind of wood is grey when they are reduced to ashes.83.
People live like birds in the woods: When the time comes, each must take flight.84.
Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.85.
"It is not for my own sake," said the fox, "that I say there is a good goose-green in the wood."86.
"Peter, I am taking a ride," said the goose, when the fox was running into the wood with her.87.
A young wife, new bread, and green wood devastate a house.88.
He who is afraid of the leaves must not go into the wood.89.
A cobbler formed the shape of shoes on a wooden foot shaped last. If it lasted long he was happy.90.
The wood is the poor man's coat.