A collection of proverbs and quotes in which at least one mammal is mentioned.
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Domesticated chickens and cattle may well be an evolutionary success story, but they are also among the most miserable creatures that ever lived. The domestication of animals was founded on a series of brutal practices that only became crueller with the passing of the centuries.Yuval Noah Harari
Source: A Brief History of Humankind
Don't strike a flea on a tiger's head.
Drive the horse with oats, not with curses and oaths.
Dust does not rise because a dog-flea hops.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.
Even a lion must defend himself against the flies.
Even an ant can hurt an elephant.
Even good dogs have fleas.
Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
Every ass likes to hear himself bray.People like to listen to themselves talking.
Flies flock to the lean horse.
Flies go to lean horses.
Flies hunt lean horses.
Flies will tickle lions being dead.
For our sins God has created three enemies for us: mice in the house, the fox in the mountains, and a priest in our village.
He can see a louse as far away as China but is not aware of an elephant on his nose.
He can swallow a camel but chokes on a mosquito.
He has fallen from the donkey, but has found a date.
He is as poor as a church mouse.
He is the black sheep of the family.He is a disreputable member of the family.
He who cannot pick up an ant, and wants to pick up an elephant will some day see his folly.
Hobbits have no beards. There is little or no magic about them, except the everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off.J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Hobbit - Chapter 1 - An Unexpected Party
I don't go for the nouvelle approach-serving a rabbit rump with coffee extract sauce and a slice of kiwi fruit.Jeff Smith
I have the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a fox.J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Quoted: Gimli
I have tied my goat to a jujube tree.
I'm full as a tick on a fat dog.Expression used in the US south after a full meal of chicken, fried steak, BBQ or whatever.
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.John Steinbeck
If a camel gets his nose in a tent, his body will follow.Stop problems early before they get bigger.
If a flea had money, it would buy its own dog.
If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal.
If two ride a horse, one must ride behind.When two people work together, one will be the leader and the other will be the follower.
If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.Things do not happen just because you wish them to happen.
If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.George Gobel
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.Don't try to do two things at the same time, because you may succeed in doing either of them properly.
If you cure a monkey of its tooth ache its your maize farm that suffers.
If you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.
If you love, love the moon; if you steal, steal a camel.
If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly.(unknown author)
Whatever you want to be, be the best of it.
If your dog is fat, you're not getting enough exercise.(unknown author)
In a battle between elephants, the ants get squashed.
In every enemy that is an ant, behold an elephant.
In watching for the ant, you let the elephant pass unnoticed
It is a poor horse that is not worth his oats.
It is a stupid dog that barks at an elephant.
It is a stupid goose that listens to the fox preach.
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.
It is raining cats and dogs.It is raining extremely hard.
It's a very proud horse that will not carry his oats.
It's not the fleas of the dog that make the cat meow.
It's not the monkey on top that make a tree fall but it's the work and effort of numerous small insects and ants.
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