The world is full of insects, and full of quotes and proverbs in which insects are mentioned. Enjoy!
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Even caterpillars can fly if they would just lighten up.
Even flies have ears.
Even good dogs have fleas.
Even if a chef cooks just a fly, he would keep the breast for himself.
Even the ant has his bite.
Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
Even the sharpest ear cannot hear an ant singing.
Even the wishes of a small ant reach heaven.
Every bee's honey is sweet.
Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.
Every flower of the field, every fiber of a plant, every particle of an insect carries with it the impress of its Maker and can—if duly considered—read us lectures of ethics or divinity.
Thomas Pope BlountEvery fly has its shadow.
Every once in a while you come across a farm or some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies.
Bill BrysonSource: Lost Continent
Every ruler sleeps on an anthill.
Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.
Drew BarrymoreEverything in Africa bites, but the safari bug is worst of all.
Brian JackmanFemale moths are called myths.
(unknown author)Fine fruit will have flies about it.
Fireflies shine only when in motion.
Flea-bite.
Small inconvenience.Flea-bitten.
Seedy, dilapidated.Flea-market.
Openair market selling cheap and secondhand goods.Fleabag.
A seedy, rundown hotel or other lodging place.Fleapit.
A cheap, squalid theater.Flies and priests can enter any house.
Flies are caught more readily with a single drop of honey than with a cask of vinegar.
Flies come to feasts unasked.
Flies do not swarm on a new pot.
Flies flock to the lean horse.
Flies go to lean horses.
Flies hunt lean horses.
Flies know well the sweet seller's beard.
Flies like a butterfly, stings like a bee.
(unknown author)This refers to Mohammad Ali (boxer).
Flies never bother a boiling pot.
Flies swarm where there is honey.
Flies will easily fly into the honey; their problem is how to get out.
Flies will never leave the shop of a sweet-maker.
Flies will not land on a boiling pot.
Flies will tickle lions being dead.
Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather termites.
Flying termites fly into the fire.
To act on impulseFor a new year to bring you something new, make a move, like a butterfly tearing its cocoon! Make a move!
Mehmet Murat ildanFor an ant to have wings would be his undoing.
For every bean full of weevils God supplies a blind grocer.
For every grape a hundred wasps.
Foul-smelling objects swarm with flies.
Fowls will not spare a cockroach that falls in their midst.
From the same flower the bee extracts honey and the wasp gall.
Gnat-piss
A very weak or watery drinkGo to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
BibleSource: Proverbs 6:6
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