150 Proverbs about Cock / Page 4
61. The hen flies not far unless the cock flies with her.
62. As the old cock crows, the young cock learns.
63. Every cock can crow on his own dunghill.
64. Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.
65. Bachelor, a peacock; betrothed, a lion; married, an ass.
66. Every cock crows on his own dunghill.
67. Every cock is proud on his own dung hill.
68. It goes ill in the house where the hen sings and the cock is silent.
69. At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing.
70. If the peacock were to look at its feet, it would stop him strutting.
71. The bachelor is a peacock, the fiancT is a lion and the married man a mule.
72. The tulip is, among flowers, what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent, a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb, the other in its tail.
73. It is a sorry house in which the cock is silent and the hen crows.
74. Money advances meacocks.
75. The hen ought not to cackle in presence of the cock.
76. A good cock is always slim.
77. The chicken sings what the cock teaches him.
78. The cock goes to town for only four days and returns home a peacock.
79. You may lock up the cock, but the sun will still rise.
80. A good cock can never have too many hens.
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