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I DON'T KILL A FROG TO FATTEN A SNAKE.
Submitter comment:
INTERPRETATION: I AM NOT GOING TO DO ALL THE WORK AND YOU KEEP THE
BENEFITS.
TOLD BY MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967