390 Swedish Proverbs / Page 8
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Hit like a bomb.142.
Hit two flies with one smack.143.
How long was Adam in Paradise?144.
Hurry slowly.145.
I suspected this might happen, said the one that was kicked out.146.
If a blind man leads another, they both fall together.147.
If it weren't for my need to fill my belly, I would have gilded my arm.148.
If we reject the chaff, we may easily lose the kernel.149.
If you are among the roses, your friends will look for you among the thorns.150.
If you buy what you don't need, you steal from yourself.151.
If you have said a, you have to say b.152.
If you lose one, there are a thousand more to choose from.153.
If you marry money the devil lays an egg in your storeroom.154.
If you want to look good, you have to suffer.155.
In a good book the best is between the lines.156.
In a small house God has His corner; in a big house, He has to stand in the hall.157.
In calm water every ship has a good captain.158.
In distress there is no law.159.
In spring no one thinks of the snow that fell last year.160.
In the shallowest waters, the ugliest fish swim.