Eating teaches drinking.
More Italian Proverbs:
He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk.Italian
A mill and a wife are always in want of something.
Italian
While two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.
Italian
Who would not have feet set on his neck, let him not stoop.
Italian
He knows where the devil carries his tail.
Italian
When wine sinks, words swim.
Italian