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

Door

A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.

A door must be either open or shut.French.

At a deaf man’s door it is all one whether you knock or not.Modern Greek.

Beware of a door that has many keys.Portuguese.

Every one sweeps before his own door.French.

He that will make a door of gold must knock in a nail every day.

Let every one sweep before his own door.German.

One door never shuts but another opens.Italian.

Take care your tail don’t get caught in the door.Italian.

The back door robbeth the house.

When one door shuts a hundred open.Spanish.

When the door is low one must stoop.French.

When one door shuts another opens.Spanish.