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| A long ox, a short horse. | 1 |
| An old ox makes a straight furrow. French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese. | 2 |
| An old ox will find a shelter for himself. | 3 |
| An ox when he is loose licks himself at pleasure. | 4 |
| Even he gets on who is drawn by oxen. Danish. | 5 |
| He has hay upon his horn. (The ancients thus marked mischievous oxen.) | 6 |
| He takes the bull by the horns; i.e., grapples boldly with the difficulty. | 7 |
| He who greases his cart-wheels helps his oxen. Spanish. | 8 |
| He who has lost his oxen is always hearing bells. Spanish. | 9 |
| If an ox won’t drink you cannot make him bend his neck. Chinese. | 10 |
| If the ox fall, whet your knife. | 11 |
| Is the crow aware of the pain it occasions in picking the sore of an ox? | 12 |
| It is easy to frighten a bull from the window. Italian. | 13 |
| It is not the best oxen that do the best day’s work. | 14 |
| No need to seek shelter for an old ox. Spanish. | 15 |
| Old oxen have stiff horns. Danish. | 16 |
| Old oxen tread hard. German. | 17 |
| Ox, keep to your grass. | 18 |
| The black ox never trod on his feet; i.e., he never knew sorrow or adversity. | 19 |
| The fierce ox becomes tame on strange ground. Spanish. | 20 |
| The ox comes to the yoke at the call of his feeder. Spanish. | 21 |
| The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master’s crib. Bible. | 22 |
| The ox that tossed me threw me into a good place. Spanish, Portuguese. | 23 |
| The ox when weariest treads surest. | 24 |
| The ox without a bell is soon lost. Spanish. | 25 |
| The tired ox plants his foot firmly. Spanish. | 26 |
| Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. Bible. | 27 |
| To what place must the ox go where he must not plough. Spanish. | 28 |
| When the ox falls there are many will help to kill him. | 29 |
| Who leads an ox to drink must first wet his own feet. Chinese. | 30 |
| You need not find a shelter for an old ox. | 31 |
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