You are in hot water.
More Traditional Proverbs:
Patience can conquer destiny.Traditional
Time slides like sand through your fingers.
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The last straw.
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Seek not the things that are too hard for thee, neither search the things that are beyond thy strength.
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If you put a silk dress on a goat he is a goat still.
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The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
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