Famous Proverbs
51 Proverbs about Threat / Page 4
31. To threaten the brave with death is like promising water to a duck.
32. A pregnant woman is not afraid if you threaten her with what you made her pregnant with.
33. More people are threatened than are beaten up.
34. An axe without a shaft is no threat to the forest.
35. Draw the bow but don't shoot -- it is a bigger threat to be intimidated than to be hit.
36. To have beautiful servant girls is a threat to good marriages.
37. A threat does not lengthen your sword.
38. May it end with threats and not come to blows.
39. It is better to be threatened by the sword of a Turk than by the pen of a German.
40. One bad experience is worth more than a thousand threats.