Notes: The following list was taken from the book, "Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages" classified by subject, arranged alphabetically, compiled by Robert Christy (New York: Putnam's Sons, 1887).
Ass.
1. A braying ass eats little hay. Ital.
2. A dull ass near home needs no spur.
3. A goaded ass must needs trot. Fr, Ital.
4. A living ass is better than a dead doctor. Ital.
5. A low ass is easy to ride on. Turk.
6. A thistle is a fat salad for an ass's mouth.
7. All asses do not go on four feet. Ger.
8. All asses have not long ears. Ger,
9. An ass covered with gold is more respected
than a good horse with a pack saddle.
10. An ass does not hit himself twice against the
same stone. Dutch,
11. An ass is but an ass though laden with gold.
12. An ass is cold even in the summer solstice.
13. An ass is the gravest beast, an owl the gravest bird.
14. An ass let him be who brays at an ass.
15. An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of
a castle.
16. An ass must be tied where the master will
have him.
17. An ass's tail will not make a sieve. Ital,
18. An ass that carries a load is better than a lion
that devours men.
19. An ass that kicketh against the wall receiveth
the blow himself.
20. An ass to an ass is a beauty; Latin.
21. An ass's trot does not last long. Ital.
22. An ass was never cut out for a lap-dog.
23. An ass with her colt goes straight to the mill.
Sp.
24. Asses' bridge.
The fifth proposition of Euclid.
25. Asses carry the oats and horses eat them.
Dutch.
26. Asses die and wolves bury them.
27. Asses must not be tied up with horses. Fr.
28. Asses sing badly because they pitch their
voices too high. Ger.
29. Asses that bray most eat least.
30. Better an ass that carries me than a horse
that throws me. Ger,, For.
31. Better be killed by robbers than by the kick
of asses. For
32. Better have a bad ass than be your own ass.
Sp., For.
33. Better strive with an ill ass than carry the
wood one's self.
34. Die not, mine ass, for the spring-time is coming and with it clover. Turk.
35. Either the ass will die or he that gossips it. Sp.
36. Even an ass will not fall twice in the same
quicksand.
37. Even an ass loves to hear himself bray.
38. For a stubborn ass a hard goad. Fr,
39. For a stubborn ass a stubborn driver. Fr,
40. For an ass buffoon is the best teacher. Ger.
41. Give an ass oats and he runs after thistles.
Dutch,
42. Good, good, but God keep my ass out of his
rye. Sp.
43. Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.
Latin,
44. He that is good for something is the ass of
the public.
45. He that makes himself an ass must not take
it ill if men ride him.
46. Horses run after benefices and asses get
them.
47. If any one say that one of thine ears is the
ear of an ass regard it not; if he say so of them
both procure thyself a bridle.
48. If one, two, three say you are an ass put on a
bridle.
49. It is better to strive with a stubborn ass than
to carry the wood on one's back. Sp,
50. Lay the burden on the slow-paced ass. Latin
51. Make yourself an ass and every one will lay
a sack on you. Ger.
52. Many guests matter little to the ass of the
inn. Wolqffs. ? {Africa.)
53. Nothing passes between asses but kicks.
Ital.
54. One ass among monkeys is grinned at by all.
sp.
55. One ass nicknames another long-ears. Ger,
56. One ass scratches another. Latin,
57. One's own ass is better than his neighbor's
stallion. Ger,
58. Out of a little grass comes a great ass. Ger,
59. Put not an embroidered crupper on an ass.
60. Rather an ass that carries than a horse that
throws. Ital.
61. "Rough as it runs," as the boy said when his
ass kicked him.
62. She was a neat dame that washed the ass's
face.
63. The ass and his driver do not think alike.
Ger,, Dutch,
64. The ass boasted there was no voice equal to
his, And no gait equal to that of his elder sister. Tamil.
65. The ass brays when he pleases.
66. The ass calls the cock big-headed. M, Greek.
67. The ass carries corn to the mill and gets thistles. Ger.
68. The ass does not know the worth of his tail
until he has lost it. Ital.
69. The ass embraced the thistle, and they found
themselves relations. For,
70. The ass even eating oats dreaths of thistles.
Ger,
71 . The ass is not learned though he be loaded
with books. Ger.
72. The ass knows well in whose face he brays.
Sp.
73. The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles.
74. The ass of many owners is eaten by wolves.
sp.
75. The ass of a king is still but an ass. Ger,
76. The ass that brays most eats least.
77. The ass that carrieth wine drinketh water.
78. The ass that is common property is always
the worst saddled.
79. The ass that is hungry eats thistles. For,
80. The ass .that trespasser on a stranger's premises will leave them laden with wood, i.e,, well cudgelled. For.
81. The ass's hide is used to the stick. Sp,
82. The ass's son brays one hour daily. For,, Latin.
83. The braying of an ass does not reach heaven.
Ital,
84. The golden ass passes everywhere.
85. The golden covering does not make the ass
a horse. Ger,
86. The mountaineer's ass carries wine and drinks
water. Fr.
87. The starving ass does not count the blows.
M. Greek.
88. There are more asses than carry sacks. Ital.
89. There goes more than one ass to market.
90. There is no ass but brays. Turk.
91. What good can it do an ass to be called a lion?
92. What's the use of putting honey in an ass's
mouth? Ger.
93. When all men say you are an ass, it is time to
bray.
94. When the ass bears too light a load, he wants
to lie down. Russian,
95. When the ass is too happy, he begins dancing
on the ice. Dutch.
96. Wherever an ass falleth, there will he never
fall again.
97. Wherever an ass is crowned to fame.
Both town and country bear the blame. Ger.
98. Who is in great haste should not ride an ass.
Ger.
99. Who would save an ass against his will?
Horace.
99. Who would save an ass against his will?
Horace.
BEE
1. A drone is one who does not labor. Bea.
2. A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay,
But a swarm in July is not worth a fly.
3. Bees do not become hornets.
4. Better two drones be preserved than one good
bee perish.
5. Drones suck not eagles' blood but rob bee-
hive. Shaks.
6. From the same flower the bee extracts honey
and the wasp gall. Ital.
7. Good bees never turn drones.
8. He has a bee in his bonnet lug.
9. I want no drones in my bee-hive. Ger.
10. Old bees yield no honey.
11. One bee is better than a handful of flies.
Ger. Sp,
12 The bee from his industry in the summer eats
honey all the winter.
13. Whatever the bee sucks turns to honey and
whatever the wasp sucks turns to venom. Por.
14. When bees are old they yield no honey.
15. When the bee sucks it makes honey, when
the spider, poison.
16. Where bees are there is honey.
Bird.
1. A bird can roost but on one branch. A mouse
can drink no more than its fill from a river. Chinese,
2. A bird is known by its note, and a man by
his talk.
3. A bird may be caught with a snare that will
not be shot. Dan.
4. A bird may be ever so small yet it always
seeks a nest of its own. Dan,
5. A little bird wants but a little nest.
6. A rare bird upon the earth, something like a
black swan.
7. A sly bird is often caught by two feet. M. Greeks.
8. According to his pinions the bird flies. Dan,
9. An old bird is not caught with chaff.
10. Bird never flew so high but it had to come to
the ground. Dutch.
11. Birds of prey do not flock together. For
12. Birds of prey do not sing. Ger,
13. Birds pay equal honors to all men.
14. Each bird loves to hear himself sing.
15. Early birds pick up the crumbs (worms).
16. Every bird is known by its feathers.
17. Every bird likes its own nest best.
18. Every bird must hatch its own eggs.
19. Every bird needs its own feathers. Dan,
20. Every bird sings as it is beaked. Dutch,
21. Every hooked beak is maintained by prey.
Fr,
22. Every shot does not bring down a bird.
Dutch,
23. Fine birds are commonly plucked.
24. Fine feathers make fine birds.
25. He that will take the bird must not scare it
26. He will ill catch a flying bird that cannot keep
his own in a cage.
27. However high a bird may soar, it seeks its
food on earth. Dan,
28. If every bird take back its own feathers, you'll
be naked.
29. If the partridge had the woodcock's thigh,
It would be the best bird that ever did fly.
30. If you be false to both beasts and birds, you
must like the bat fly only at night.
31. If you can't get the bird, get one of its feathers. Dan,
32. Ill fares the young bird in the urchin's hand.
For,
33. It is a dirty bird that fouls her own nest.
34. It is a foolish bird that stays the laying salt
upon her tail. *
35. It is a lazy bird that will not build its own
nest. Dan,
36. It is hard to catch birds with an empty hand.
37. It is rash to sell the bird on the bough.
38. Let no shovel beaked bird ever enter your
yard. Sp.
39. Little bird, little nest. Sp.
40. Little by little the bird builds its nest, J*r,
41. Old birds are hard to pluck. Ger.
42. Old birds are not caught with cats. Dutch,
43. Old birds are not caught with chaff.
44. Old birds are not caught with new nets.
45. One beats the bush, another catches the bird.
Ger., Dutch.
46. Small birds must have meat.
47. The bird feels not its wing heavy. Turk,
48. The bird once out of hand is hard to recover.
Dan,
49. The bird that can sing and won't sing
must be made sing.
50. The bird that offers itself to the net is fair
game to the fowler. Oriental.
51 . The first bird gets the first grain. Dan,
52. The fowler's pipe sounds sweet until the bird
is caught.
53. The nest made, the bird dead. For.
54. The nest of a blind bird is made by God.
Turk.
55. The nobody fowler catches no bird.
56. Though the bird may fly over your head let
it not make its nest in your hair. Dan,
57. Two birds of prey do not keep company with
each other. Sp.
58. When the cage is ready the bird is flown.
59. Where the bird was hatched it haunts.
Dutch.
60. You cannot catch old birds with chalf.
Camel.
1. A camel in Media dances in a little cab.
2. A mangy camel bears the load of many
camels. M. Greek,
3. Even a mangy camel will carry more than a
herd of asses. Latin,
4. Everything with a crooked neck is not a
camel. Ger,
5. If the camel once get his nose in the tent his
body will soon follow. Arabian,
6. Many old camels carry the skins of the
young ones to the market.
7. The camel carries sugar but eats thorns.
Kurd.
8. The camel going to seek horns lost his ears.
Turk,
9. The camel has his own opinion and the camel
driver has his. African,
10. The camel is dancing. {Said of one out of his
dement^ Latin.
11. The camel that travels often to Mecca will re-
turn lame at last. Arabian.
12. The kick of a camel is soft but stunning.
Turk,
15. "Why is your neck crooked?" was asked of
the camel. "What have I straight? " was the reply. Turk.
Cat.
1. A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion.
2. A bawbee cat may look at a king.
3. A blate cat makes a proud mouse.
4. A cat may look at a king. Ger, Dutch,
5. A cat pent up becomes a lion. Ital
6. A cat that licks the spit is not to be trusted
with roast meat. Ital,
7. A cat that meweth much catcheth but few
mice. Dutch,
8. A mewing cat is never a mouser. Sp.
9. A smitten cat was never a good hunter.
10. All cats are alike gray in the night.
11. All cats are not to be set down for witches.
Fr.
12. An old cat laps as much as a young kitten.
13. An old cat likes young mice. M, Greek.
14. Cat after cat kind.
14. Cats eat what hussies spare.
15. Cats hide their claws.
16. Don't look for five feet on a cat.
Don Quixote.
17. He is like a cat, he always falls on his feet.
18. He who puts by for the night puts by for the
cat.
19. He's like a singed cat, better than he's
likely.
20. Honest is the cat when the meat is out of
reach.
21. How can the cat help it if the maid be a
fool. Ital.
22. I will keep no more cats than will catch
mice.
23. It is the cat and the dog that go where they
are not called. Turk,
24. It takes a good many mice to kill a cat.
Dan.
25. Keep no more cats than will catch mice.
26. Muffled cats are not good mousers.
27. Neither red-haired cat or dog is good. Sp,
28. Never was a mewing cat a good mouser.
Ital
29. Never was cat or dog drowned that could
but see the shore.
30. No one gives a cat to a hyena to keep.
Western Africa.
31. Singed cats live long. 6er,
32. The cat always leaves her mark upon her
friend. Sp.
33. The cat and dog may kiss yet are none the
better friends.
34. The cat broke the china.
33. The cat hath eaten her count.
36. The cat in gloves catches no mice.
37. The cat incites the mouse to a feast.
38. The cat is a good friend but scratches.
Sp,, For,
39. The cat is absent the mice dance. M, Greek,
40. The cat is hungry when a cries contents her.
41. The cat is in the cream pot,
42. The cat is in the dove house. Sp.
43. The cat knows whose lips she licks.
44. The cat loves fish but is loth to wet her feet.
Ital, Ger.
45. The cat sees not the mouse ever.
46. The cat steals the rice and the dog comes
and eats it. Chinese.
47. The cat well knows whose beard she licks.
For.
48. The cat's curse hurts the mice less than her
bite. Livonian,
49. The cats that drive away mice are as good as
those that catch them. Ger.
50. The liquorish cat gets many a rap.
51. The more you stroke the cat's back the more
she sets up her tail. Ital,
52. The scalded cat (or dog) dreads cold water.
Ital, Sp.
53. There is a cat in the meal tub.
54. They that bourd wi' cats, maun count uposcarts.
55. They whip the cat if our mistress does not
spin. Sp.
56. Though the cat wink awhile, yet :3ure she is
not blind.
57. Thou wilt get nae mair o' the cat but the
skin.
58. To a good cat a good rat. Fr,
59. To buy a cat in a poke. Fr,
60. Wanton kittens make sober cats.
61. "We are all well placed" said the cat, when
she was seated on the bacon. Dan,
62. Well might the cat wink when both her eyes
were out.
63. When cat and mouse agree the farmer has no
chance. Dan,
64. When cats are mousing they don't mew.
Dutch.
65. When the cat's away the mice will play.
Fr, Ger. Sp., Dan. For.
66. When the cat sleeps the mice play. Dutch,
67. When the cat's away it's jubilee to the mice.
Dutch.
68. When the cat wlnketh, little wots the mouse
what the cat thinketh.
69. When the weasel and a cat make a marriage
it is a very ill presage.
70. Which is the cat and which the rat? Hassan
Rajah of Borneo asked this question of Mr. Brooke
referring to the relative strength of England and
Holland.
71. Who is born of a cat will run after mice.
72. Who will not feed the cats, must feed the
mice and rats. Ger,
Chicken.
1. A capon eight months old is just for a king's
table. Sp. For.
2. A cock is crouse on his own midden.
3. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
4. A good cock was never fat. For,
5. A large cock does not suffer a small one to
crow.
6. A laying hen is better than a standing mill.
Scotch.
7. A setting hen never grows fat.
8. All cocks must have a comb. Dutch,
9. Black hens lay white eggs. Dutch,
10. Even clever hens sometimes lay their eggs
among nettles. Dan.
11. Every cock scratches toward himself.
12. Every hen knows how to tread on her own
chickens. Negro Africans of the West Indies,
13. Fat hens lay few eggs. Ger,
14. He who feeds the hen ought to have the egg.
Dan.
15. Hens are free of horse corn. Dutch,
16. Hens like to lay where they see an egg.
Dutch.
17. If the hen had not cackled, we should not
know she. had laid an egg. Ital,
18. In cold weather cocks crow at midnight.
Chinese,
19. It is a bad hen that eats at your house and
lays at another's. Sp,
20. It is a sairy hen that cannot scrape for one
bird.
21. It is not easy to guard the hen that lays her
eggs abroad. Dan,
22. It is not the hen that cackles most that lays
the most eggs.
23. Knowing hens lay even in nettles. Ger,
24. Large fowls will not eat small grain. Chinese,
25. Let the hen live though it be with the pip.
Don Quixote,
26. Prepare a nest for the hen and she will lay
eggs for you. Por.
27. She holds up her head like a hen drinking water.
28. The chicken gives advice to the hen.
29. The chicken is the country's but the city eats
it.
30. The cock often crows without a victory.
Dan,
31. The cock shuts his eyes when he crows be-
cause he knows it by heart. Ger,
32. The cock that sings untimely must have its
head cut off. Turk,
33. The hen flies not far unless the cock flies
with her. Dan,
34. The hen is ill off when the egg teaches her
how to cackle.
35. The hen lays upon an egg.
36. The hen likes to lay in a nest where there are
eggs already. Ger.
37. The hen lives by pickings as the lion by prey.
Dan^
38. The hen ought not to cackle in presence of
the cock. Fr,
39. The hen sits if it be but one egg.
Don Quixote.
40. The hen that stays at home picks up the
crumbs.
41. The hen's eyes are with her chickens. Fr.
42. The hen's eyes follow her eggs. Galician.
43. The scraping hen will get something, the
crouching hen nothing.
44. To force a hen to hatch chickens. Chinese.
45. To get the chicks, one must coax the hen.
Fr.
46. Where the cock is the hen does not crow.
For.
47. You are as busy as a hen with one chick.
48. Young cocks love no cooks.
Cow.
1. A cow from afar gives plenty of milk. Fr,
2. A cow is not called dappled unless she has
a spot. Dam
3. A cow may catch a hare.
4. A cursed cow has short, horns.
5. All is not butter that comes from a cow.
6. An ill cow may have a good calf.
7. Barley straw's good fodder when the cow
gives water.
8. Every cow licks her own calf. Servian.
9. He that owns the cow goes nearest her tail.
Scotch,
10. He who recovers but the tail of his cow does
not lose all. Fr,
11. If you buy the cow take the tail into the
bargain.
12. If you sell the cow you sell her milk too.
13. It by the head the cow gi'es milk. {By
goodfeeding.)
14. It is not for the good of the cow when she is
driven in a carriage. Dan,
15. It is not until' the cow has lost her tail that
she discovers its value. Ger.
16. It is the old cow's notion that she. never was
a calf. Fr.
17. Let him who owns the cow take her by the
tail.
18. Like the cow that gives a good pail of milk
and then kicks it over.
19. Like Mrs. Peabody's cow that drank all the
swill and gave no milk. Gm. Jo, Geiger,
20. Loud in the loan was never a good much
cow.
21. Many a cow stands in the meadow and looks
wistfully at the common. Dan, '
92. Many a good cow has a bad calf. Ger
23. Milk the cow but don't pull off the udder.
Dutch,
24." Of what use is it that the cow gives plenty of
milk if she upset the pail. Ger,
25. The beadle's cow may graze in the church-
yard. Ger.^ Dutch.
26. The cow give^ good milk but kicks over the
pail.
27. The cow gives milk through her mouth. {As
she satisfied Ger.
28. The cow is milked, not the ox; the sheep is
shorn, not the horse. Dan,
29. The cow licks no strange calf.
30. The cow that does not eat with the oxen,
either eats before or after them.
31. The cows that low most give the least milk.
Ger,
32. The cow that's first up gets the first o' the
dew.
33. The day is sure to come when the cow will
want her tail. Dan,
34. The laggard cow gets the sour grass. Dan,
35. *Tis well that wicked cows have short horns.
Dutch.
36. To come home like the parson's cow with a
calf at her foot
Crab.
1. The crab has not learned to keep his legs
straight. M, Greek.
2. The crab has stuck fast between two stones.
{Said of a person in difficulty.) Kaffir,
3. The crab of the wood is sauce very good for
the crab of the sea,
But the wood of the crab is sauce for the
drab, that will not her husband obey.
4. The greatest crabs are not always the best
meat.
5. You can never bring a crab to walk straight.
6. You look like a runner quote the devil to the
crab.
Crow.
1. A crow does not pick out a crow's eyes.
M. Greek.
2. A crow is never the whiter for often washing.
Dan,
3. An old crow croaks not for nothing.
Russian,
4. Crows are black all the world over. Chinese,
5. Crows are never the whiter for washing them-
selves.
6. Crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat
them.
7. Crows do not peck out crow's eyes. Por,
8. It is ill killing a crow with an empty sling.
9. It is not every hog that the crow will ride.
Dan,
10. Old crows are hard to catch. Ger,
11. One crow does not make a winter.
Ger., Dutch,
12. The crow thinks his own bird fairest.
13. The crow when stripped of her borrowed
feathers excites our laughter. Horace,
14. The crow will find its mate. Dan.
15. When the crow flies her tail follows.
Cuckoo.
1. More crafty than the cuckoo. {A cuckoo lays
her eggs in the nests of other birds,)
2. You are like the cuckoo : you have but one
song.
Dog.
1. A bad dog never sees the wolf. Geo, Herbert
2. A barking dog was never a good hunter. For
3. A bashful dog never fattens.
4. A cursed cur should be short tied.
5. A cur's tail grows fast. Ital
6. A dog has nothing to do and no time to rest.
7. A dog in the manger, that neither eats nor
lets others eat. Por
8. A dog is a dog whatever his color. Dan.
9. A dog is never offended at being pelted with
bones.
10. A dog is stout on his own dung-hill. Fr.
11. A dog knows his own master. Turk.
12. A dog may look at a bishop. Fr,
13. A dog never bit me but I had some of his
hair. Ital
14. A dog of an old dog, a colt of a young horse.
Some say, a calf of a young cow and a colt of an
old horse.)
15. A dog's life, hunger and ease.
16. A dog that bites silently. {An insidious
traducer.) Latin.
17. A dog will not cry if you beat him with a
bone.
18. A dog with a bone knows no friend. Dutch.
19. A good bone never falls to a good dog.
20. A good dog deserves a good bone.
21. A good dog hunts by instinct. Fr.
22. A good dog never barks at fault. Fr,
23. A good hound hunts by kind. Fr.
24. A hair of the dog cures the bite. Ital.
25. A hunting dog will at last die a violent death.
Chinese,
26. A kitchen dog was never good for the chase.
Ital
27. A lean dog gets nothing but fleas. Sp,
28. A man may provoke his own dog to bite him.
29. A man's best friend is his dog, better even
than his wife.
30. A man who wants to drown his dog says he is
mad. Fr,
31. A mastiff groweth the fiercer for being tied
up.
32. A mischievous cur must be tied short. Fr.
33. A shock dog is starved and nobody believes
It. Sp.
34. A sorry dog is not worth the whistling after.
35. A staff is quickly found to beat a dog. Shaks.
36. A stranger's care makes old the dog.
if/. Greek,
37. All bite the bitten dog. For,
38. Although dogs together fight they are very
soon all right. Chinese.
39. An ill hound comes halting home.
40. An ill-tempered dog has a scarred nose.
Dan.
41. An old dog biteth sore.
42. An old dog cannot alter its way of barking.
43. An old dog does not bark for nothing.
Fr, Ital
44. An old dog does not grow used to the collar.
Ital
45. An old dog will learn no tricks.
46. A waking dog barks from afar at a sleeping
lion.
47. Barking dogs don't bite. Fr., Ger., Dutch,
48. Better have a dog fawn upon you than bite
you.
49. Better have a dog for your friend than your
enemy. Dutch.
50. Beware of a silent dog and still water.
51. Beware the dog himself ; his shadow does not
bite. Dan,
52. Beware of the dog that does not bark. For,
53. Brabbling curs never want sore ears.
54. By gnawing skin a dog learns to eat leather.
Dan
55. Cats and dogs do not go together without
wounds. Ger.
56. Cut off the dog's tail he remains a dog. Ital.
57. Dogs are hard drove when they eat dogs.
58. Dogs bark and the wind carries it away.
Russian,
59. Dogs bark as they are bred.
60. Dogs bark at those they don't know. Ital
61. Dogs begin in jest and end in earnest.
62. Dogs gnaw bones because they cannot swallow them.
63. Dogs have more good in them than men think
they have. Chinese,
64. Dogs have teeth in all countries. Sp,
65. Dogs love no companion in the kitchen.
Latin,
66. Dogs never go into mourning when a horse
dies.
67. Dogs ought to bark before they bite.
68. Dogs that hunt foulest scent the most faults.
69. Dogs that put up many hares kill none.
70. Dogs wag their tails not so much to you as
your bread.
71.0DO not give a dog bread every time he wags
his tail. Ital
72. Dumb dogs and still water are dangerous.
Ger.
73. Every dog hath its day, and every man his
hour.
74. Every dog is a lion at home.
75. Every dog is not a lion at home. Hal.
76. Flesh never stands so high but a dog will venture his legs for it.
77. Give dog an ill nanie and you may as well
hang him.
78. Have a care of a silent dog and still water.
79. He fells twa dogs wi' ae stane.
80. He is as good a Catholic as Duke Alva's dog
who ate flesh in Lent.
81. He that is bitten by a dog must apply some
of its hair. Dutch,
82. He that keeps another man's dog shall have
nothing left him but the line.
83. He that pelts every barking dog, must pick
up a great many stones.
84. He that wants to beat a dog is sure to find a
stick. Ital.
85. He that wants to hang a dog is sure to find a
rope. Dan,
86. He that wants to hang a dog says it bites the
sheep. Dan.
87. He that would hang his dog gives out at first
that he is mad.
88. He who has loaves has dogs. Hal
89. He who has not bread to spare should not
keep a dog. Sp.
90. He who would buy a sausage of a dog must
give him bacon in exchange. Dan.
91. Hold your dog in readiness before you start
your hare. Dutch.
92. Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.
93. I had rather be a dog and bay the moon,
Than such a Roman. Shaks.
94. I will never keep a dog to bite me.
95. "I will not bite any dog " says the shepherd's
dog, "for I must save my teeth for the wolf." Ger.
96. I will not keep a dog and bark myself.
97. If the bitch were not in such haste she would
not litter blind puppies. Ger.
98. If the dog bark go in, if the bitch bark go out.
99. If the old dog bark he gives counsel.
100. If you eat a pudding at home your dog shall
have the skin.
101. If you would have the dog follow you, you
must give him bread. Sp., Dutch.
102. In the mouth of a bad dog falls many a good
bone.
103. It grieveth one dog that another goeth into
the kitchen. - Dutch.
104. It is a good dog that can catch anything.
105. It is a hard winter when dog eats dog.
106. It is all one whether you are bit by a dog or
a bitch. Fr.
107. It is an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
108. It is bad coursing with unwilling hounds.
Dutch.
109. It is bad for puppies to play with cub bears.
110. It is easy robbing -when the dog is quieted.
Ital.
111. It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog.
Ital, Dutch.
112. It is ill to waken sleeping dogs.
113. It is the nature of the greyhound to carry a
long tail. Ital.
114. Let a dog get a dish of honey and he will
jump in with both legs.
115. Let the dog bark so he does not bite me. Sp.
116. Like dogs that snarl about a bone
And play together when they've none.
Butler,
117. Little dogs start the hare but great ones
catch.
118. Mad dogs get their coats torn. Dan,
119. Make the dog your companion but hold fasi
your staff. M. Greek.
120. Many dogs are the death of the hare. J?an.
121. Many dogs soon eat up a horse.
122. Many ways to kill a dog besides hanging
him.
123. Mastiff never liked greyhound.
124. Never yet the dog our country fed, .
Betrayed the kindness or forgot the bread.
125. No mad dog runs seven years. Bulwer.
126. Not every dog that barks bites. Fr.
127. Old dogs bark not for nothing.
128. One dog growls to see another go into the
kitchen. Ger,
129. One must talk soothingly to the dog until he
has passed him. Fr,
130. On finding a stone we see no do^, on seeing
a dog we find no stone. TamiL
131. Quarrelling dogs come halting home.
132. Rear dogs and wolf cubs to rend you. Latin,
133. Snarling curs never want sore ears. Fr,
134. Spaniels that fawn when beaten will never
forsake their master.
135- Stones or bread ? one must have something in
hand for the dogs. Ital
136. That dog barks more out of custom than care
o^ the house.
137. The best dog leaps the stile first.
138. The dog barks and ^the ox feeds. Ital
139. The dog barks and the caravan passes. Turk,
140. The dog does not get bread every time he
wags his tail. Ger.
141. The dog gets into the mill under cover of the
ass. Ital
142. The dog guards the night, the cock rules the
morn. Chinese.
143. The dog has no aversion to a poor family.
Chinese,
144. The dog in his kennel barks at his fleas, the
dog that hunts does not feel them. Chinese,
145. The dog rages at the stone, not at him who
throws it. Ger,
146. The dog that starts the hare is as good as the
one that catches it. Ger,
147. The dog that barks much is never good for
hunting. Por,
148. The dog that bites does not bark in vain. ItaL
149. The dog that has been beaten with a stick is
afraid of its shadow. ItaL
150. The dog that has his bitch in town never
barks well.
151. The dog that is forced into the wood will not
hunt many deer. Dan.
152. That dog that is idle never tires of running.
Turk.
153. The dog that is quarrelsome and not strong,
woe to his hide. Ital
154. The dog that kills wolves is killed by wolves.
Sp., For.
155. The dog that licks ashes is not to be trusted
with flour. Ital
156. The dog wags his tail not for you but for
your bread. ItaL Sp., For.
157. The dog understands his master's mood.
Chinese
158. The dog who hunts foulest hits at most
faults.
159. The dog will not get free by biting his chain.
Dan,
160. The dogs bite the hindermost. Ger,
161. The dog's kennel is not a place to keep a
sausage. Dan,
162. The flitch hangs never so high but a dog will
look out for a bone. Dan,
163. The gardener's dog is neither full nor hungry. Sp.
164. The greyhound that starts many hares kills
none. Sp, For
165. The hair of the dog is good for his bite.
166. The hindmost dog may catch the hare.
167. The honest watch-dog never barks when his-
own friends come round.
168. The hound that lies in the kitchen is not
hungry. Ger.
169. The lean dog is all fleas. Sp,
170. The leaner the dog the fatter the flea. Ger,
171. The mad dog bites its master. For,
172. The watch-dog does hot get sweet milk unless
there be drowned mice in it. Dan.
173. The well-bred hound if he does not hunt to-
day will to-morrow. Sp
174. There are more ways to kill a dog that hanging.
175. There are good dogs of all sizes. Fr,
176. There are more ways to kill a dog than to
choke him to death on bread and butter.
177. There is danger when a dog has once tasted
flesh. Latin,
178. There is never wanting a dog to bark at you.
For.
179. There is no dog, be he ever so wicked, but
wags his tail. Ital
180. There is no showing the wolf to a bad dog.
Fr.
181. Though the mastiff be gentle, yet bite him not
on the lip. Sp, For,
182. Throw no stones at a sleeping dog. Dan,
183. Throw that bone to another dog. Sp., For,
184. Timid dogs bark worse than they bite.
Latin,
185. Timid dogs bark most. Ger,
186. *Tis ii good dog can catch anything.
187. *Tis an ill dog deserves not a crust.
188. 'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest
bark.
189. To beat the dog in presence of the lion. Fr,
190. Wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog remains
a dog. Fr,, Dan.
191. We'll bark ourselves ere we buy dogs so dear.
192. What, keep a dog and bark myself ! Ger,
193. What matters the barking of the dog that does
not bite.
194. When a dog is drowning every one offers him
water. Fr,
195. When a dog runs away, hit him ! hit him !
196. When a man will throw at a dog, he soon
finds a stone. Ger
197. When an old dog barks, look out.
Ger, Dutch.
198. When mastiffs fight, little curs will bark.
199. When the dog is awake the shepherd may
sleep. Ger.
100. When the dog is down every one is ready to
bite him. Dutch,
201. When the old dog barks he giveth counsel.
Sp,, For.
202. When two dogs fight for a bone the third runs
away with it. Dutch.
203. While the dogs growled at each other, the
wolves devoured the sheep. Fr.
204. While the dogs yelp the hares fly to the wood.
Dan,
205. While you trust to the dog the wolf slips into
the sheepfold.
206. Who has no bread to share should not keep a
dog. Sp,
207. Whoso is desirous of beating a dog will
readily find a stick. Latin,
208. With the hide of the dog its bite is cured
209. Yelping curs may anger mastiffs at last.
Donkey.
1. He that is a donkey and believes himself a
deer finds out his mistake at the leaping of the ditch.
Ital
2. If you cannot drive an ox drive a donkey.
3. My donkey is dead; let no more grass grow.
M. Greek,
4. The donkey dies on the mountain, his loss
comes home. Turk.
5. The horse and the mule kick each other;
between the two the donkey dies. Turk.
6. There is no making a donkey drink against
his will. ItaL, Dutch.
Eagle.
1. An old eagle is better than a young sparrow^
Ger.
2. An old eagle is better than a young crow.
Ger.
3. Eagles catch no flies.
4. Eagles do not breed doves. Ger, Dutch.
5. Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.
6. The crow does not devour fowls: they are
the prey of the eagle. Chinese.
7. The eagle does not catch (or hunt) flies.
Fr., Ger.
8. The eagle does not war against frogs. Ital.
9. The eagle loves the mountain. Caucasian.
10. The eagle soars alone.
11. The old age of an eagle. {Applied to old to-
pers the eagle being supposed to live by suction in its
old age) Latin.
12. When the eagle is dead, the crows pick out
his eyes. Ger.
Eel.
1. A gray eel is better than a .variegated ser-
pent. Ger,
2. All that breed in the mud are not eels.
3. An eel escapes from a good fisherman.
4. An eel held by the tail is not yet caught.
5. As nimble as an eel in a sand bag.
6. As slippery as an eel.
7. Cover up the pot, there's an eel in it. Dutch,
8. He is as much out of his element as an eel in
a sand bag.
9. Holding an eel too fast is the way to let it
escape.
10. Mud chokes no eels.
11. The eel that will eat lettuce must come to
land. Ger.
12. There is an eel under the rock: />., if you
wish to find you must search, JFr,
13. There is as much hold of his words as of a
wet eel by the tail.
14. To begin skinning the eel at the tail. Fr.
15. To squeeze an eel too hard is the way to
lose it. Fr,
16. You cannot hide, an eel in a sack.
Elephant.
1. An elephant does not catch mice. Latin,
2. He hath an elephant on his hands. (Like,
the subject to whom an Eastern prince made a present
of an elephant and forbade his selling it or disposing of
it in any way.)
3. The elephant does not feel a flea bite. Ital,
Flea.
1. I will send him away with a flea in his ear.
2. One flea cannot raise a coverlet. Chinese,
3. One flea does not hinder sleep.
4. That's a valiant flea that dare eat his break-
last on the lip of a lion. Shaks,
5. The fatter the flea, the leaner the dog. Ger.
Fly.
1. A fly before his own eye is bigger than an
elephant in the next field.
2. A fly even has its anger. Latin,
3. Big flies break the spider's web. Ital
4. Even a fly hath its spleen (anger). Ital.
5. Even the lion must defend himself against
the flies. Ger.
6. Every fly has its shadow. For,
7. Flies are busiest about lean horses.
8. Flies are easier caught with honey than with
vinegar. Fr,
9. Flies don't light on a boiling pot. Fr, Ital
10. Hungry flies bite sore. Ger, Dutch,
11. Is it an emperor's business to catch flies?
12. No flies get into a shut mouth,
Fr., Italy Sp., For.
13. No flies light on a boiling pot. Sp.
14. One fly does not provide for another.
15. The busy fly is in every man's dish. Sp,
16. The fly flutters about the candle till at last
it gets burned. Dutch.
17. The fly that bites the tortoise breaks its
beak. Ital
i8. The fly that playeth too long in the candle
singeth her wings.
19. The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
John Gay.
20. To a boiling pot flies come not.
21. Where the wasp has passed the fly sticks
fast. Fr.
22. You shall never beat the fly from the candle
though she burn for it.
Fox.
1. A fox is slyer than ten asses. Ger,
2. A fox sleeps but counts hens in his dreams.
Russian,
3. A good fox does not eat his neighbors' fowls.
Fr,
4. A good fox has three holes.
5. A running fox is better than a sleeping lion.
Ger.
6. An old fox don't go twice into the trap.
Ger,, Dutch.
7. An old fox is not lo be caught in a trap.
M, Greek.
8. An old fox needs not to be taught tricks.
9. As long as ye serve the fox ye man bear up
his tail.
10. As long runs the fox as he has feet
11. Bear and bull catch no fox. Ger,
12. But when the fox hath once got in his nose,
he'll soon find means to make the body follow.
Shaks.
13. Even foxes are caught. Ital.
14. Every fox likes a hen-roost. Ital
15. Every fox looks after its own skin. Dan,
16. Every fox must pay his own skin to the
flayer.
17. Every fox takes care of its tail. Russian,
18. "Fie upon hens," quoth the fox, because he
could not reach them.
19. Foxes are all tail and women all tongue. Ital,
20. Foxes come at last to the furrier.
21. Foxes dig not their own holes.
22. Foxes never fare better than when they are
cursed.
23. Foxes prey farthest from their earths.
24. Foxes when they cannot reach the grapes say
they are not ripe.
25. Fox's broth, cold and scalding.
26. "Good day to you all," said the fox when he
got into the goose pen. Dutch,
27. He is a proud to that win scratch his ain
hole.
28. He that will out-wit the fox must rise betimes.
29. He who has to do with foxes must look after
his hen-roost. Ger,
30. If the badger leave his hole the fox will creep
into it.
31. If the fox is a butler he will not die of thirst.
Ger,
32. If thou dealest with a fox think of his tricks.
33. If you would catch a fox you must hunt with
geese. Dan.
34. It is a poor fox that hath but one hole. Ger,
35. It is difficult to trap an old fox. Dan.
36. "It is not for my own sake," said the fox,
** that I say to the geese, that there is a good goose
green in the, wood." Dan.
37. No fox so cunning but he is caught at last.
Ger.
38. Old foxes are hard to catch.
39. Old foxes want no tutors.
40. One fox rarely betrays another. Ger.
41. Reynard is still Reynard though he put on a
cowl.
42. Take care of your geese when the fox
preaches. Dan.
43. The brains of a fox will be of little service,
if you play with the paw of a lion.
44. The fox advised the others to cut off their
tails because he left his own in the trap. Ital.
45. The fox barks not when he would steal the
lamb. Shaks.
46. The fox changes his skin but keeps the rogue*
Ger.
47. The fox does not so much mischief ir a year
as he pays for in an hour. Sp.
48. The fox does not go twice into the same trap.
Dan.
49. The fox does not prey near his hole. Ger.
50. The fox fares best when he is most cursed.
51. The fox goes at last to the shop of the furrier. Turk,
52. The fox goes through the corn and does not
eat but brushes it down with his tail. Gallician.
53. The fox has many tricks, the hedgehog only
one, but greater than all. Latin,
54. The fox is cunning but he is more cunning
that catches him. Sp,
55. The fox knows more than one hole.
56. The fox knows well with whom he plays
tricks. Sp.
57. The fox grows gray but never good.
58. The fox may lose his hair, but not his cunning. Dutch.
59. The fox praiseth the meat out of the crow's
mouth.
60. The fox preys farthest from his hole.
61. The fox said the grapes were sour.
^sop's Fables.
62. The fox says of the mulberries when he can-
not get at them, "They are good for nothing." Fr.
63. The fox that sleeps till the morning hath not
his tongue feathered. Fr,
64. The fox that tarries long is on the watch for
prey. Sp,
65. The fox thinks everybody eats poultry like
himself. Fr,
66. The fox with only one hole is soon caught.
Ger.
67. The fox's death is the hen's life. Ger,
68. The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's
head.
69. The more the fox is cursed the more prey he
Catches. Ital
70. The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
71. The tod (fox) ne'er sped better than when he
went on his ain errand.
72. The tod (fox) keeps aye his ain hole clean.
73. The tod's (fox's) whelps are ill to tame.
74. There is no fox so cunning he does not find
one more cunning. Ger,
75. There is ne'er a best among them, as the fel-
low said by the fox-cubs.
76. Though the fox runs, the chicken hath wings.
77. We never find that a fox dies in the dirt of
his own ditch.
78. What the fox cannot reach he allows to hang.
M. Greek,
79. When a fox is in his hole smoke fetches him
out. Sp,
80. When the fox comes out of the trap he is
more prudent than before. Ger,
81. When the fox is asleep nothing falls into his
mouth.
82. When the fox is hungry he pretends he is
asleep. M, Greek,
83. When the fox is judge, the goose wins her suit
with difficulty. Ger.
84. When the fox licks his paw let the farmer
look to his geese. Dan,
85. When the fox wishes tx catch geese he wags
his tail. Ger,
86. When you bargain with a fox beware of tricks.
Latin,
87. Where there are no dogs the fox is a king.
Ital
88. With foxes we must play the fox.
89. You cannot have more of a fox than his skin.
Frog.
I. Even a frog would bite if it had teeth. Ital
2. Like frogs in a well. {Applied in Japan to
those opposed to intercourse with foreigners.)
3. The frog cannot get out of her bog.
4. The frog does not bite because it cannot. Ital
5. The frog enjoys himself in water but not in
hot water. West African Negro.
6. The frog flew into a passion and the pond
knew nothing about it. M, Greek.
7. The frog learns his croak from himself. Ger,
8. The frog will jump back into the pool,
Although it sits on a golden stool. Dutch,
9. Where the swamps are wanting, frogs are
wanting, Ger,
Goat.
1. A lame goat will not sleep by day. Sp.
2. A piece of a kid is worth two of a cat.
3. An old goat is never reverend for his
beard.
4. By candle-light a goat looks like a lady. Ft
5. Goats are not sold at every fair.
6. If the beard were all the goat might preach.
Dan.
7. None ever saw a goat dead of hunger.
8. The goat cannot well cover herself with her
tail. Sp.
9. The kid that keeps above is in no danger of
the wolf.
10. The lame goat does not take a susta. For,
11. When the goat's foot is broken, then he finds
his master's door. West Indian Negro.
12. Where the goat is tied she must browse. Fr,
13. Where the goat leaps, leaps that which sucks
her. Sp.
Hare.
1. Hares are not caught with drums. Dutch.
2. He is as easily caught as a hare with drums.
Dutch.
3. In small woods may be caught large hares.
Dutch.
4. It is a mad hare that will be caught with a
tabor.
5. It is hard to catch hares with unwilling
hounds. Dutch,
6. Lame hares are ill to help.
7. One catches the hare and another eat3 it. Ger,
8. Running hares do not need the spur. Ital
9. The hare always returns to her form. Fr,
10. The hare draws a lion with a golden thread.
M. Greek,
11. The hare may pluck the dead lion by the
beard. Shaks,
12. The hare starts from where it is least expected. Ital. Sp,
13. The very falling of leaves frightens hares.
14. To catch a hare with a cart. Ital
15. When we least expect it the hare darts out of
the ditch. Dutch,
16. Where we least think there goeth the hare
away. Don Quixote,
17. Who hunts two hares together catches
neither. Ger,
Lion.
1. A lion may be beholden to a mouse.
2. An old lion is better than a young ass. Latin.
3. Dreadful is the lion's cave, though he's no
longer there.
4. Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he
is dead. Dutch.
5. He is a lion in a good cause.
6. If thy hand be in a lion's mouth, get it out as
fast as thou canst.
7. It is an ill office to file the teeth of the lion.
Ger,
8. It is little honor to the lion to sieze the mouse.
Ger.
9. It IS not good to wake a sleeping lion.
10. Like a worn-out lion in a cave.
That goes not out to prey.
11. Lions in time of peace ? deer in war. Latin.
12. Lions make leopards tame. Shaks.
13. Lions' skins were never cheap. Fr.
14. Little birds may pick a dead lion.
15. So when the lion quits his fell repast,
Next prowls the wolf, the filthy jackall last.
Byron.
16. The hind that would be mated by the lion
must die for love. Shaks,
17. The lion hath need of the mouse.
18. The lion is known by his claws. Ital,
19. The lion is not half so fierce as he is painted.
Sp.
20. The lion's skin is never cheap.
21. The old lion perisheth for lack
22. 'Tis better playing with the lion's whelp,
Than with an old one dying. Shaks,
23. 'Tis not a basket of hay, but a basket of flesh
that makes a lion war.
24. When the lion is dead the hares jump upon
his carcass. Ital
25. Where the lion's skill falls short, it must be
eked out with the fox's. Lysander,
26. Where the lion's skin falls short piece it out
with the fox's.
27. You may know the lion by his claw. Fr.
Owl.
I. The owl does not praise the light nor the wolf
the day.
2. The owl is not accounted the wiser for living
retiredly.
3. The owl thinks her children the fairest. Dan^
Ox
1. A long ox, a short horse.
2. An old ox makes a straight furrow.
Fr., Ital, Sp., For.
3. An old ox will find a shelter for himself.
4. An ox when he is loose licks himself at
pleasure.
5. Even he gets on who is drawn by oxen. Dan.
6. He lies hay upon his horn. {The ancients
thus marked mischievous oxen,)
7. He takes the bull by the horns; grapples
boldly with the difficulty,
8? He who greases his cart-wheels helps his
oxen. Sp.
9. He who has lost his oxen is always hearing
bells.
10. an ox won't drink you cannot make him
bend his neck. Chinese.
11. If the ox fall, whet your knife.
12. Is the crow aware of the pain it occasions in
picking the sore of an ox?
13. It b easy to frighten a bull from the window.
Ital.
14. It is not the best oxen that do the best day's
work.
15. No need to seek shelter for an old ox. Sp.
16. Old oxen have horns. Dan,
17. Old oxen tread hard. Ger,
18. Ox, keep to your grass.
19. The black ox never trod on his feet; he
never knew sorrow or adversity.
20. The fierce ox becomes tame on strange
ground
21. The ox comes* to the yoke at the call of his
feeder. Sp.
22. The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his
master's crib. Bidle,
23. The ox that tossed me threw me into a good
place.
24. The ox when weariest treads surest.
25. The ox without a bell is soon lost. Sp,
26. The tired ox plants his foot firmly. Sp,
27. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth
out the corn. Bible.
28. To what place must the ox go where he must
not plough.
29. When the ox falls there are many will help to
kill him.
30. Who leads an ox to drink must first wet his
own feet. Chinese,
31. You need not find a shelter for an old ox.
For,
Sheep.
I. A little sheep always seems young.
2. A mild sheep is sucked by ever lamb.
3. A sheep's bite is never more than skin deep.
4. Coupled sheep drown one another. Dutch,
5. Every lamb knows its own dam.
6. Every time the sheep bleats it loseth a mouthful.
7. Good pastures make fat sheep.
8. He who has sheep has fleeces. Sp,
9. It is a bad sheep that is too lazy to carry its
own fleece. Dan.
10. It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf her
confessor.
11. It is madness for a sheep to treat of peace
with a wolf.
12. Make thyself a sheep and the wolf is ready.
Russian,
13. Make yourself a sheep and the wolves will
eat you. Itai., Fr.
14. Many a sheep goes out woolly and comes
home shorn. Dan,
15. One mangy sheep spoils a whole flock. Dan,
16. One sheep follows another.
17. One stable will hold many patient sheep. Ger,
18. Shear the sheep but don't flay them. Fr,
19. Shear sheep that have them.
20. Silly sheep, where one goes all go. Sp,
21. That is a woeful silly sheep that goes to the
'wolf to confess.
22. That sheep has his belly full that butts his
companion.
23. The deceived sheep that went for wool came
back shorn. Sp,
24. The lamb goes to the spit as soon as the
sheep. Don Quixote,
25. The lamb has no choice when in the jaws
of the wolf. Chinese,
26. The scabbier the sheep the harder it bleats.
Dutch,
27. The sheep does not bite the wolf. Ger,
28. The sheep on the mountain is higher than the
bull on the plain, Fr.
29. The sheep out of the fold, the wolf eats it.
M, Greek,
30. The sheep should have his belly full who
quarrels with his mate. Bea,
31. The sheep that bleats is strangled by the
wolf. Ital,
32. The sheep that bleats most does rot give the
most wool. Ger
33. The sheep that bleats most gives the least
milk. Dan.
34. The sheep that bleats loses a mouthful.
Fr., Ital., For.
35. The sheep that is too tame is sucked by too
many Iambs. Fr.
36. The well-fed sheep makes a cloak of its tail.
37. Tis a silly sheep that makes the wolf her
confessor. Ital,
38. When one sheep is over the dam the rest follow. Dutch.
39. When one sheep leads the way the rest follow. Chinese,
40. Where every hand fleeceth the sheep goes
naked.
Snail
1. The snail slides up the tower at last though
the swallow mounteth it not.
2. The snail to be rid of annoyance bartered its
eyes for horns. Sp.
3. Tramp on a snail and she'll shoot out her
horns. Bailey.
Spider.
1. The spider lost her distaff, and ever since is
forced to draw her thread through her tail.
2. The spider's web lets the rat escape and
catches the fly. Sp.
Spiders.
I. Spiders might make silk if they could live in
harmony with each other.
Swallow.
1. One swallow does not make a summer.
Ital, Sp., Dutch, Dan.
2. One swallow makes not a spring, nor a wood-
cock a winter.
Swan.
1. It is not good for the swan to teach eaglets
to sing. Dan,
2. The swan sings when death comes.
3. When the rooks are silent the swans begin
to sing. Dan.
Tiger.
1. Draw a tiger incompletely and he*s like a.
dog. Chinese,
2. Fiercer than a cubless tiger.
3. He is a paper tiger. {Applied to a blustering
coward.) Chinese,
4. The tiger that has once tasted blood is never
sated with the taste of it.
5. He calls the tiger to chase away the dog.
Chinese.
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