Sunday, February 28, 2021
French Proverbs on Devils (37 Proverbs)
- Every mother-in-law is a piece of the devil's pants.
(French Proverb)
- A party of two is that of God; of three of the king; of four is of the devil.
(French Proverb)
- The Emperor of Germany is the king of kings, the King of Spain king of men, the King of France king of asses, the King of England king of devils.
(French Proverb)
- Man is fire, woman is tow, and the devil comes and blows.
(French Proverb)
- The devil was so fond of his children that he plucked out their eyes.
(French Proverb)
- In borrowing an angel, in repaying a devil.
(French Proverb)
- The devil was sick, the Devil a saint would be; the Devil was well, the devil a saint was he.
(French Proverb)
- If you give a gift to a rich man, the devil sniggers.
(French Proverb)
- When the Frenchman sleeps the devil rocks him.
(French Proverb)
- The devil was handsome when he was young.
(French Proverb)
- He who sows the seed of discord works in the devil's barn.
(French Proverb)
- When the devil says his paternosters he means to cheat you.
(French Proverb)
- The devil may die without my inheriting his horns.
(French Proverb)
- He who has a stepmother has the devil at his hearth.
(French Proverb)
- When the devil grows old he turns himself hermit.
(French Proverb)
- The devil is not always at a poor man's door.
(French Proverb)
- He is the devil's valet, he does more that he is ordered.
(French Proverb)
- When he was fifteen the devil was a good looking boy.
(French Proverb)
- Tell a woman once she is beautiful and the devil will repeat it ten times.
(French Proverb)
- He is not so much of a devil as he is black.
(French Proverb)
- When God sends flour the devil carries off the sack.
(French Proverb)
- Slanderers are the devil's bellows, to blow up contention.
(French Proverb)
- Happy the child whose father goes to the devil.
(French Proverb)
- Were the devil to come from hell to fight, there would forthwith be a Frenchman to accept the challenge.
(French Proverb)
- Pulling the devil by the tail does not lead far young or old.
(French Proverb)
- To the devil with so many masters, said the toad to the harrow.
(French Proverb)
- Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
(French Proverb)
- The servant of the devil does more than is asked for.
(French Proverb)
- One candle for St. Michael, and another for his devil.
(French Proverb)
- You can sell the devil if he is well cooked.
(French Proverb)
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