A dog that intends to bite does not bear its teeth.
More Traditional Proverbs:
It isn't over until the fat lady singsTraditional
You are sitting in peace (unharmed) as the nose of a cow that feeds among thorntrees and shows no scars. Luganda, Uganda
Traditional
Men trip not on mountains, they trip on molehills
Traditional
As delicate as a flower.
Traditional
It is the fate of the great ones of this earth, to be appreciated only after they are gone.
Traditional
Our love is like the misty rain that falls softly, but floods the river...
Traditional