More French Proverbs

He wears the mourning of his washerwoman.... >>

The mountaineer's ass carries wine and drinks water.... >>

Mention not a rope in the house of one whose father was hanged.... >>

Rats desert a sinking ship.... >>

Never put your finger between the tree and the bark.... >>

Other Proverbs

If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun... (Chinese) >>

A morsel eaten selfishly does not gain a friend.... (Spanish) >>

A husband with one eye rather than with a son.... (Spanish) >>

A grain does not fill a sieve, but it helps its fellow.... (Spanish) >>

A great lance-thrust to a dead Moor.... (Spanish) >>

Riches run after the rich, and poverty runs after the poor.

- French Proverb