834 Proverbs about Hand / Page 20
381. Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey.
382. He carries fire in one hand, water in the other.
383. He has enough to do who holds the handle of a frying-pan.
384. He that holds the handle of a frying-pan runs the risk of burning himself.
385. He who holds the handle of the frying-pan turns it as he pleases.
386. Kings have long hands.
387. The devil was handsome when he was young.
388. The handsomest woman can only give what she has.
389. To a bold man fortune holds out her hand.
390. When a cow is lost it is something to recover its tail, were it only to make a handle for one's door.
391. Where the hostess is handsome the wine is good.
392. Long tongue, short hand.
393. A handsome hostess is bad for the purse.
394. Lilies are whitest in a blackmoor's hand.
395. Handsome cats and fat dung heaps are the sign of a good farmer.
396. Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.
397. A broken hand works, but not a broken heart.
398. Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
399. You can't pick up two melons with one hand.
400. A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
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