236 Proverbs about Wood / Page 12
221. A chip on the shoulder indicates wood higher up.
222. Lawyers and woodpeckers have long bills.
223. There is no fish in well-water, there is no leaf on dry wood.
224. A spoken word, carved wood.
225. A razor may be sharper than an ax, but it cannot cut wood.
226. One piece of green wood is enough to stop the others from burning.
227. One in the woodpile does not laugh at one in the fire.
228. The wind helps those without an axe to cut wood.
229. One rind is enough to tie a thousand pieces of wood.
230. Blacksmiths and woodworkers will never suffer from poverty.
231. Nobody gathers firewood to roast a thin goat.
232. The cimex lives in the firewood and still it reaches its full growth.
233. Nobody gathers firewood to roast a thin goat.
234. There is no wormwood that comes into flower and does not wither.
235. If you call a piece of wood 'child', you can never use it to light fire since it has become so precious.
236. 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.
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