Wine has drowned more men than the sea. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Hunger is the best sauce.
- Poverty is not a shame; but the being ashamed of it is.
- Hunger drives the wolf out of the woods.
- Hungry bellies have no ears.
- Fat paunches have lean pates.
- When the pig has had a belly full, it upsets the trough.
- Fair words fill not the belly.
- The first glass for thirst, the second for nourishment, the third for pleasure and the fourth for madness.
- Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
- A hungry man smells meat afar off.
- To a full belly all meat is bad.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Si nimium bibis, non diu eris in vivis.
If you drink too much, you will not live long.
French
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Le vin noie plus de gens que l'eau.
Wine drowns more people than water.
German
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Im Becher ersaufen mehr als im Meer.
More drown in the cup than in the sea.
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Der Wein bringt mehr zu Falle als das Schwert.
The wine brings more to trap than the sword.
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Mit Saufaus ist es bald aus.
Saufaus will soon be finished.
Czech
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Nech piva, pij vodu, nečiň kapse škodu.
Stop the beer, drink the water, don't hurt your pocket.
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Vytopil duši z těla jako sysla z díry.
He melted the soul out of the body like a gopher out of a hole.
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Kdo pije rum, udělá bum.
Whoever drinks rum goes boom.