470 Proverbs about Rain / Page 7
121. Rain beats a leopard's skin, but it does not wash out the spots.
122. Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
123. Rain wets the leopard's spots, but it doesn't wash them off.
124. The house roof fights the rain, but the person who is sheltered ignores it.
125. Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
126. Clouds do not always mean rain, but smoke is a sure sign of fire.
127. It rained on the mountaintop, but it was the valley below that got flooded.
128. The plant God favors will grow even without rain.
129. Whoever has only one garment does not wash it when it rains.
130. A raindrop does not spare the head of the notable.
131. The toad that wanted to avoid the rain fell in the water.
132. A sack was never so full but that it would hold another grain.
133. If it rained macaroni, what a fine time for gluttons.
134. A cloak is not made for a single shower of rain.
135. A ragged sack holds no grain, a poor man is not taken into counsel.
136. A rainy morn oft brings a pleasant day.
137. A sailor must have his eye trained to the rocks and sands as well as the north star.
138. Agree between yourselves, quoth Arlotto, and I will make it rain.
139. All the brains are not in one head.
140. Evening red and morning grey help the traveler on his way; evening grey and morning red bring down rain upon his head.
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