Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.
Famine
After a famine in the stall, comes a famine in the hall.
All’s good in a famine.
I shall easily get over this year’s famine, but in my plenty it will be hard for you to meet me.Chinese.
More die by food than famine.
To cry famine on a heap of corn.French.