Extravagant offers are a kind of denial.
More Italian Proverbs:
Who does not wish to be like the wolf let him not wear its skin.Italian
Others' bread has seven crusts.
Italian
Get a good name and go to sleep.
Italian
He is a good dog who goes to church.
Italian
No one perceives where the shoe pinches but he who wears it.
Italian
Many a one threatens and yet is afraid.
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