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| Blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. New Testament. | 1 |
| He avoided the fly and swallowed the spider. Portuguese. | 2 |
| He leaps into a deep river to avoid a shallow brook. | 3 |
| He robs Peter to pay Paul. | 4 |
| He runs from the bear to fall in with the wolves. Russian. | 5 |
| He shuns the bear and runs into the pit. Arabian. | 6 |
| It is said they are making silver bells for the child about to be born whilst the child on the lap is crying for a handful of rice. Tamil. | 7 |
| To get out of one muck into another. Spanish. | 8 |
| To get out of the rain under the spout. German. | 9 |
| To give ruffles to a man that wants a shirt. | 10 |
| To jump in the water for fear of the rain. French. | 11 |
| To jump out of the frying-pan into the fire. French, Spanish. | 12 |
| To spare at the spigot and let it run out at the bung-hole. | 13 |
| To steal the leather and give away the shoes for God’s sake. German. | 14 |
| To steal the pig and give away the pettitoes for God’s sake. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese. | 15 |
| To strip one altar to cover another. | 16 |
| His evening sang and his morning sang are na alike. | 17 |
| Said the frying-pan to the kettle, “Stand off, black bottom.” Spanish. | 18 |
| Said the raven to the crow “Get out of that, blackamoor.” Spanish. | 19 |
| The naked man is making a jacket for dogs. Sri Lankan. | 20 |
| To see the mote in another’s eye and not the beam in your own. Dutch. | 21 |
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