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| A fly before his own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field. | 1 |
| A fly even has its anger. Latin. | 2 |
| Big flies break the spider’s web. Italian. | 3 |
| Even a fly hath its spleen (anger) Italian. | 4 |
| Even the lion must defend himself against the flies. German. | 5 |
| Every fly has its shadow. Portuguese. | 6 |
| Flies are busiest about lean horses. | 7 |
| Flies are easier caught with honey than with vinegar. French. | 8 |
| Flies don’t light on a boiling pot. French, Italian. | 9 |
| Hungry flies bite sore. German, Dutch. | 10 |
| Is it an emperor’s business to catch flies? | 11 |
| No flies get into a shut mouth. French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese. | 12 |
| No flies light on a boiling pot. Spanish. | 13 |
| One fly does not provide for another. | 14 |
| The busy fly is in every man’s dish. Spanish. | 15 |
| The fly flutters about the candle till at last it gets burned. Dutch. | 16 |
| The fly that bites the tortoise breaks its beak. Italian. | 17 |
| The fly that playeth too long in the candle singeth her wings. | 18 |
| The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets. John Gay. | 19 |
| To a boiling pot flies come not. | 20 |
| Where the wasp has passed the fly sticks fast. French. | 21 |
| You shall never beat the fly from the candle though she burn for it. | 22 |
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