“Marry an empty bottle.”--Meaning to marry a girl without a
dowry.--[_Mauritius._]
198. * Maringouin perdi so temps quand li piqué caïman. (Le maringoin
perd son temps quand il pique le caïman.)
“The mosquito loses his time when he tries to sting the
alligator.”[81]--[_Louisiana._]
[81] Ripost to a threat--as we would say: “All that has as little
effect on me as water on a duck’s back!”