It’s hard to take britches off bare hips.
More Irish Proverbs:
Autumn days come quickly like the running of a hound on the moor.Irish
When a man gets his feet in lime he cannot easily get rid of it.
Irish
Discord is less painful than loneliness.
Irish
It is to please herself that the cat purrs.
Irish
Put the priest in the middle of the parish.
Irish
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to hell.
Irish