Ground Proverbs - page 4

The ground is always frozen for the lazy swine. (Danish Proverb)
A ripe pear is more likely to fall in the shit than onto the clean ground. View proverb
German Proverb
Grain and graciousness grow on good ground. View proverb
German Proverb
The grace of God is found between the saddle and the ground. View proverb
Irish Proverb
A Haughty person will not even reach down to take his own nose if it had fallen to the ground. View proverb
Bulgarian Proverb
He who builds on another's ground loses his stone and mortar. View proverb
Italian Proverb
He is ground between two millstones. View proverb
Hungarian Proverb
He that lies upon the ground can fall no lower. View proverb
Romanian Proverb
A mouse that removes the palm-nut that turns out to be the bait of a trap, would already have known that the palm-nut does not ripen on the ground. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
However hard a thing is thrown into the air, it always falls to the ground. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
If the load is too heavy for someone to carry, one would be better off to give the load to the ground to carry. (Nigerian Proverb)
If you fail to take away a strong man's sword when he is on the ground, will you do it when he gets up? View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
Man is like pepper -- you only know him when you've ground him. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill, does not know that it is still on the ground. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
Though near be the stone to the ground, closer is the help of coivi. View proverb
Scottish Gaelic Proverb
Whoever sows on hard ground, needs good wishes and luck. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Don't sleep on the ground during those months that are spelled with an r. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Keep your feet on the ground and you'll lessen the pain. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Seed ground that has been fallow, not ground that has just yielded fruitfully. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Dark ground gives good bread; white ground is quickly tired. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
The vulture perches on the trees because it does not feel sure on the ground. (Kikuyu Proverb)
No partridge scratches the ground in search of food for another. View proverb
Xhosa Proverb
He that lies on the ground cannot fall. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
If you lie on the ground, you can't fall. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
Men don't build on strange ground. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
📖 Ground Quotes