Flatterers, like cats, lick and then scratch.
O foolish world, why are you scratching around in the dark? German Proverb Scratch a lover and find an enemy. German Proverb Scratching and borrowing do well enough, but not for long. German Proverb Let him that itches scratch himself. German Proverb Don't scratch your shoe when it's your foot that itches. Japanese Proverb Grief itches but scratching it makes it worse. Japanese Proverb The itch that gives someone skill is difficult to scratch. Chinese Proverb You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. English Proverb He that plays with cats must expect to be scratched. English Proverb Unfortunate is the man who has no fingernails to scratch his head with. Arab Proverb The secret of success is to start from scratch. African Proverb After pleasant scratching comes unpleasant smarting. Danish Proverb He who feels himself scabby, let him scratch. Danish Proverb It's a bad hen that won't scratch herself. Irish Proverb To eat and to scratch one has but to begin. Spanish Proverb After a feast a man scratches his head. French Proverb By biting and scratching cats and dogs come together. French Proverb Scratch people where they itch. French Proverb Too much scratching smarts, too much talking harms. French Proverb Who is born a chicken loves scratching. French Proverb Live and scratch -- when you're dead the itching will stop. Russian proverb A quarrel is like an itch; the more you scratch, the more it itches. Yiddish proverb One devil does not scratch out another devil's eyes. Serbian proverb A person scratches himself where his hand can reach. Swahili proverb It's not the fault of the pig, but of the one who scratches his back. Argentinean Proverb The hen scratches and the chicken learns. Kashmiri Proverb He has not leisure even to scratch his ears. Latin Proverb It would make a man scratch where it doth not itch, To see a man live poor to die rich. Latin Proverb Eating and scratching want but a beginning. Romanian Proverb A foreigner scratches you where you do not itch. Romanian Proverb Truth has a scratched face. Romanian Proverb Tell me where it itches if you want me to scratch you. Vietnamese Proverb I only have my nails to scratch with and my feet to walk on. Berber Proverb What gives the child the itch has already given him the fingernails for scratching it. Igbo Proverb Scratch an old woman's back and she will let you taste her pepper pot. Jamaican Proverb The son of the leopard scratches like its mother. Kikuyu Proverb You cannot run and scratch your ass at the same time. Senegalese Proverb No partridge scratches the ground in search of food for another. Xhosa Proverb
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