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The Secret to Success is to Start from Scratch:                    List of Proverbs (1)

30/10/2013

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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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