INSECT PROVERBS
The spiders web lets the rat escape and catches the fly.
Even the hand of compassion is stung when it strokes a scorpion.
Two scorpions in a small cave are better than two sisters in the house.
One tiny insect may be enough to destroy a country.
The hinge of a door is never crowded with insects.
Even a one-inch insect has a five tenths of a soul.
It is foolish to show glowworms by candle light.
A fly may conquer a lion.
Can't kill flies with a spear.
The busy fly is in every man's dish.
A fly does not mind dying in coconut cream.
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
Even a lion must defend himself against the flies.
The best way to put an end to the bugs is to set fire to the bed.
The constant creeping of ants will wear away the stone.
An ant can do more than an ox that is lying down.
If a bee didn't have a sting, he couldn't keep his honey.
A hive of bees in May is worth a load of hay.
The mantis seizes the locust but does not see the yellow bird behind
him.
