Proverbs with Keyword: "THIEF"
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- T102 As safe as a THIEF in a mill
- T103 As well worth it as a THIEF is worth a rope (halter)
- T104 Give a THIEF rope enough and he will hang himself
- T105 He that trusts a THIEF is a fool
- T106 It is as meet as a THIEF for the widdy¹
- T107 An old THIEF desires (deserves) a new halter
- T108 One THIEF (merchant) robs (accuses) another
- T109 Save a THIEF from the gallows and he will cut your throat
- T110 Set a THIEF (fool) to catch a thief (fool)
- T111 A THIEF (knave) and a whore are never far asunder
- T112 The THIEF does fear each bush an officer
- T113 A THIEF hides himself in a bush
- T114 A THIEF in a candle
- T115 A THIEF knows a thief and a wolf knows a wolf
- T116 The THIEF thinks all are of his condition
- T117 The THIEF will be found out at last
- T118 When it thunders the THIEF becomes honest
- T119 The great THIEVES hang the little ones
- T120 THIEVES and rogues have the best luck, if they do but escape hanging
- T121 THIEVES and whores meet at the gallows
- T121a THIEVES are never rogues among themselves
- T122 When THIEVES fall out true men come by their goods (to their own)