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Peacock Proverbs

The tulip is, among flowers, what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent, a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb, the other in its tail. (French Proverb)
The cock goes to town for only four days and returns home a peacock. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
A peacock has too little in its head, too much in its tail. View proverb
Swedish Proverb
Them short fe singer when dem put peacock in a choir. View proverb
Jamaican Proverb
At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
Bachelor, a peacock; betrothed, a lion; married, an ass. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
If the peacock were to look at its feet, it would stop him strutting. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
The peacock hath fair feathers, but a foul voice. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet. View proverb
English Proverb
He kills the peacock for the beauty of its feathers. View proverb
Arabic Proverb
What the peacock has too little on his head, he has too much on his tail. (German Proverb)
Peacock, look at your legs. View proverb
German Proverb
The peacock hath fair feathers, but foul feet. View proverb
Romanian Proverb
The bachelor is a peacock, the fiancT is a lion and the married man a mule. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
No peacock envies another peacock his tail. View proverb
Latin Proverb
As proud as a peacock. View proverb
English Proverb
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