Celui qui sème le vent récolte la tempête = He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind; Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Ventre
*Ventre affamé prend tout en gré =
“They that have no other meat,
Bread and butter are glad to eat.”
*Ventre affamé n’a point d’oreilles = A hungry man will not listen to reason; A hungry man is an angry man.
Cela lui remet du cœur au ventre (fam.) = That gives him courage again.
Savoir ce que quelqu’un a dans le ventre (fam.) = To know what a person is worth, what he thinks; To know the stuff a man is made of.
Il n’a pas trois mois dans le ventre (fam.) = He cannot live three months.
Le cheval courait ventre à terre = The horse was running as hard as he could tear.
Il était à plat ventre = He was flat on his face.