While the grass is growing the mare dies.
More Danish Proverbs:
One bite brings another.Danish
Time is not tied to a post, like a horse to the manger.
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What is gotten over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
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Before a man learns to hang he is half dead.
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He knows the water best who has waded through it.
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The anvil does not fear a good sledge-hammer.
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