proverbs that never were

The chicken used to be a dinosaur - but that doesn't stop us eating him every day.

An old woman is like a fish: one drowns in water, the other in air.

When wolves learn to fly, the season for sleeping on the roof is over.

The crab thinks himself a fine fellow, but of boiling water he knows nothing.

If a man dreams of money, he probably has none. But if he dreams of flames, it may be that his bed is on fire.

Whether it's a lamb or a porcupine that has fallen down the well, the water is spoilt just the same.

Adam and Eve asked of God: give us food, a bed, and make us laugh. God gave them a duck.

The ox is patient, so patient. He knows that in the end his time will come.

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