More French Proverbs

When the tree is down everybody runs to the branches.... >>

Poverty is a sort of leprosy.... >>

The cobbler always wears the worst shoes.... >>

Suspicion is the poison of friendship.... >>

The corn falls out of a shaken sheaf.... >>

Other Proverbs

A carrion crow never brings luck.... (English) >>

You notice what I drink, and not the thirst I feel.... (Spanish) >>

When the iron is hot, then is the time to strike.... (Spanish) >>

What is new cannot be true.... (Spanish) >>

Here today, gone tomorrow.... (American) >>

He has enough to do who holds the handle of a frying-pan.

- French Proverb