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«America is the great Satan, the wounded snake.»
«Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion»
«A weapon which you don't have in your hand won't kill a snake»
Author: African Proverb | Keywords: snake, weapon
«ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.»
«Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it»
Author: Chinese Proverbs | Keywords: snake
«Bitten by a snake this year, he'll be scared of well ropes in the next ten.»
Author: Chinese Proverbs | Keywords: snake, this year
«A snake came to my water-trough / On a hot, hot day, and I in pyjamas for the heat, / To drink there.»
«A funny thing to do is, if you're out hiking and your friend gets bitten by a poisonous snake, tell him you're going to go for help, then go about ten feet and pretend that *you* got bit by a snake. Then start an argument with him about who's going to go get help. A lot of guys will start crying. That's why it makes you feel good when you tell them it was just a joke.»
«Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.»
«A snake deserves no pity»
Author: Yiddish Proverb | Keywords: deserves, pity, snake