414 Proverbs about Fish / Page 20
381. The fellow roasts his fish in the flames of a fire.
382. Who pays in advance eats stinking fish.
383. Nobel and rich are the Messinans, heads of the kingdom are the Palermitani, the Catanians have a contented heart, and in Cefalu they are rich with fish.
384. You don't cast a net into a river that has no fish.
385. The fish was so fresh that it was being cooked while its tail was still in the sea.
386. The grill said to the frying pan: I want big fishes not minnows.
387. It's pointless to fish if there's no bait on the hook.
388. During the winter eat long fishes, during the summer eat short fishes.
389. If you go fishing and catch nothing, go to the henhouse and get eggs.
390. If you want to eat freshly caught fish, you don't want to have a tight purse.
391. To ward off the boredom of life, eat snails in May and fish in August.
392. Eat meat and fish and live longer.
393. Fish and guests smell in three days.
394. Never offer to teach a fish to swim.
395. No matter how hard you throw a dead fish in the water, it still won't swim.
396. No one with a good catch of fish goes home by the back alley.
397. He that rows out often, gets fish at last.
398. Small fish are better than empty dishes.
399. Only when the last tree has withered, and the last fish caught, and the last river been poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.
400. There is no fish in well-water, there is no leaf on dry wood.
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