Arrow Proverbs

The arrow that has left the bow never returns. (Persian Proverb)
Do not throw the arrow which will return against you. View proverb
Kurdish Proverb
An arrow can be pulled out of a wound, but a hurtful word stays forever in your heart. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The eagle was killed by an arrow made from its own feathers. View proverb
Armenian Proverb
Draw not thy bow before thy arrow be fixed. View proverb
Persian Proverb
One little arrow does not kill a serpent. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
Do not shoot a glass arrow into a painted deer. View proverb
Moroccan Proverb
It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to avoid an arrow shot from behind. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
It is easy to dodge the arrow of an enemy, but difficult to avoid the spear of a friend. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter's head. View proverb
English Proverb
If a child shoots an arrow that reaches the top of a tall palm tree, then it must be that an elderly person carved the arrow for him. (Nigerian Proverb)
It is too late to cry "Hold hard!” when the arrow has left the bow. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
You can best shoot an eagle with an arrow made from its own feathers. View proverb
Russian Proverb
One arrow does not bring down two birds. View proverb
Turkish Proverb
A pig's tail will never make a good arrow. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
There are many good moccasin tracks along the trail of a straight arrow. View proverb
Native American Proverb
Harsh words hurt more than a poisonous arrow. View proverb
Nilotic Proverb
If an arrow goes into a forest it is not lost. View proverb
Swahili Proverb
A single arrow is easily broken, but ten in a bundle aren't. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A wild goose may be worth a hundred pieces of gold, but you first have to spend three pieces of gold to buy an arrow. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Time flies like an arrow. (Japanese Proverb)
You make a new arrow by comparing it to an old one. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
Deer-hunter, waste not your arrow on the hare. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Kill two vultures with one arrow. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
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