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

Sparrow

A sparrow is a little bird yet it has liver and gall all complete.Chinese.

A sparrow suffers as much when it breaks its leg as does a Flanders’ horse.Danish.

Auld sparrows are ill to tame.

Every sparrow to its ear of wheat.

How can sparrows expect to be admitted into the society of peacocks?Hans Andersen.

Sparrows fight for corn which is none of their own.

Sparrows should not dance with cranes, their legs are too short.Danish.

The sparrow builds in the martin’s nest.