Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Camel

A camel in Media dances in a little cab.

A mangy camel bears the load of many camels.Modern Greek.

Even a mangy camel will carry more than a herd of asses.Latin.

Everything with a crooked neck is not a camel.German.

If the camel once get his nose in the tent his body will soon follow.Arabian.

Mangy old camels carry the skins of the young ones to the market.

The camel carries sugar but eats thorns.Kurd.

The camel going to seek horns lost his ears.Turkish.

The camel has his own opinion and the camel driver has his.African.

The camel is dancing. (Said of one out of his element.)Latin.

The camel that travels often to Mecca will return lame at last.Arabian.

The kick of a camel is soft but stunning.Turkish.

“Why is your neck crooked?” was asked of the camel. “What have I straight?” was the reply.Turkish.