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Proverbs

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Proverbs is a picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring a single ENORMOUS puzzle, inspired by Bruegel the Elder's 1559 painting "Netherlandish Proverbs"

Puzzle Historical
2024 94 achievements
94 achievements
Here hangs the pot

Here hangs the pot

72.9%

Solve region 124

Two-faced

Two-faced

68.8%

Solve region 99

There's more to it than a single herring

There's more to it than a single herring

68.1%

Solve region 103

Blowing in your ear

Blowing in your ear

67.9%

Solve region 105

Pillar-Biter

Pillar-Biter

67.5%

Solve region 34

Two fools under the same hood

Two fools under the same hood

67.3%

Solve region 161

Tying the devil to a pillow

Tying the devil to a pillow

66.8%

Solve region 11

Marrying under the broomstick

Marrying under the broomstick

66.5%

Solve region 224

Stick out the broom

Stick out the broom

65.4%

Solve region 234

Shaving the fool without lather

Shaving the fool without lather

65.3%

Solve region 137

The topsy-turvy world

The topsy-turvy world

64.7%

Solve region 119

Don't let the black dog get in between

Don't let the black dog get in between

64.6%

Solve region 40

Confess to the Devil

Confess to the Devil

64.2%

Solve region 82

Getting the lid on your head

Getting the lid on your head

64.2%

Solve region 61

Banging your head against a brick wall

Banging your head against a brick wall

64.0%

Solve region 20

Light a candle for the Devil

Light a candle for the Devil

64.0%

Solve region 91

As gentle as a lamb

As gentle as a lamb

63.4%

Solve region 15

Fire in one hand, water in the other

Fire in one hand, water in the other

63.2%

Solve region 33

It grows out the window

It grows out the window

63.2%

Solve region 150

Sit between a pair of stools in the ashes

Sit between a pair of stools in the ashes

63.2%

Solve region 72

Putting your armor on

Putting your armor on

62.9%

Solve region 53

Shear them but don't skin them

Shear them but don't skin them

62.7%

Solve region 14

The sow pulls the bung

The sow pulls the bung

62.2%

Solve region 37

There stand the clogs

There stand the clogs

61.8%

Solve region 201

Nest egg

Nest egg

61.7%

Solve region 94

Looking through your fingers

Looking through your fingers

61.3%

Solve region 192

Pass it through the eye of the scissors

Pass it through the eye of the scissors

61.3%

Solve region 144

P***ing at the moon

P***ing at the moon

61.3%

Solve region 113

Always gnawing on the same bone

Always gnawing on the same bone

61.0%

Solve region 90

Shooting a second bolt to find the first

Shooting a second bolt to find the first

60.8%

Solve region 195

The scissors hang out there

The scissors hang out there

60.5%

Solve region 87

Hen feeler

Hen feeler

60.4%

Solve region 81

One shears sheep, the other shears pigs

One shears sheep, the other shears pigs

60.2%

Solve region 22

The journey isn't over if you can see the church and steeple

The journey isn't over if you can see the church and steeple

59.6%

Solve region 239

Anyone can see through an oak plank if there's a hole in it

Anyone can see through an oak plank if there's a hole in it

59.1%

Solve region 170

Searching for the hatchet

Searching for the hatchet

59.1%

Solve region 9

Lead one another by the nose

Lead one another by the nose

58.9%

Solve region 159

There hangs the knife

There hangs the knife

58.8%

Solve region 184

Wild bears prefer each other's company

Wild bears prefer each other's company

58.8%

Solve region 189

Carry the daylight out in baskets

Carry the daylight out in baskets

58.7%

Solve region 66

Fools get the best cards

Fools get the best cards

58.6%

Solve region 116

The pig is stabbed through the belly

The pig is stabbed through the belly

58.5%

Solve region 56

Crapping on the gallows

Crapping on the gallows

58.1%

Solve region 231

One winds what the other spins

One winds what the other spins

57.8%

Solve region 41

The Fox and Crane dine together

The Fox and Crane dine together

57.6%

Solve region 84

Kiss the door ring

Kiss the door ring

57.5%

Solve region 183

Kill two flies with a single stroke

Kill two flies with a single stroke

57.4%

Solve region 199

Have your roof lined with tarts

Have your roof lined with tarts

57.3%

Solve region 193

Filling the well after the calf has drowned

Filling the well after the calf has drowned

57.2%

Solve region 12

She puts the blue cloak on him

She puts the blue cloak on him

56.8%

Solve region 36

Everything, however finely spun, is revealed in the sun

Everything, however finely spun, is revealed in the sun

56.7%

Solve region 255

Playing on the pillory

Playing on the pillory

56.7%

Solve region 145

Gazing at the stork

Gazing at the stork

56.5%

Solve region 223

Tossing feathers in the wind

Tossing feathers in the wind

56.4%

Solve region 250

One must stoop to get on the world

One must stoop to get on the world

56.2%

Solve region 10

Having a hole in your roof

Having a hole in your roof

56.1%

Solve region 136

Two dogs over one bone

Two dogs over one bone

56.0%

Solve region 71

Can barely reach from one loaf to the next

Can barely reach from one loaf to the next

55.7%

Solve region 18

Hanging your cloak according to the wind

Hanging your cloak according to the wind

55.5%

Solve region 233

Wiping your *** on the door

Wiping your *** on the door

55.5%

Solve region 173

Spilt porridge can not be scraped up again

Spilt porridge can not be scraped up again

55.0%

Solve region 13

If the blind lead the blind all will fall in the ditch

If the blind lead the blind all will fall in the ditch

54.9%

Solve region 238

It's easy to sail before the wind

It's easy to sail before the wind

54.9%

Solve region 219

There's always a bigger fish

There's always a bigger fish

54.9%

Solve region 125

Sitting on hot coals

Sitting on hot coals

54.8%

Solve region 92

The broadest straps are cut from another's leather

The broadest straps are cut from another's leather

54.8%

Solve region 134

Let geese be geese

Let geese be geese

54.7%

Solve region 204

Yawning at the oven

Yawning at the oven

54.7%

Solve region 45

Fishing behind the net

Fishing behind the net

54.6%

Solve region 122

Running like your *** is on fire

Running like your *** is on fire

54.4%

Solve region 222

Casting roses before swine

Casting roses before swine

54.3%

Solve region 30

Seeing dancing bears

Seeing dancing bears

54.3%

Solve region 187

Pulling to get the longest end

Pulling to get the longest end

54.0%

Solve region 32

The world spinning on your thumb

The world spinning on your thumb

54.0%

Solve region 16

Grasp an eel by the tail

Grasp an eel by the tail

53.9%

Solve region 129

Catch a fish without a net

Catch a fish without a net

53.8%

Solve region 107

Keep the hen's egg and let the goose's go

Keep the hen's egg and let the goose's go

53.8%

Solve region 70

Meat on the spit must be basted

Meat on the spit must be basted

53.8%

Solve region 88

Fall through the basket

Fall through the basket

53.2%

Solve region 85

When the corn decreases the pig increases

When the corn decreases the pig increases

53.0%

Solve region 208

Swimming against the current

Swimming against the current

52.6%

Solve region 135

Fall from the ox onto the rear end of an ass

Fall from the ox onto the rear end of an ass

52.3%

Solve region 169

Tie a flaxen beard to the face of Christ

Tie a flaxen beard to the face of Christ

52.1%

Solve region 44

Throwing your money in the water

Throwing your money in the water

51.7%

Solve region 142

Can't see the sun shining on the water

Can't see the sun shining on the water

51.6%

Solve region 120

Dragging the block

Dragging the block

51.5%

Solve region 210

No one looks for others in the oven who has not been in there himself

No one looks for others in the oven who has not been in there himself

51.4%

Solve region 54

Tossing your cowl over the fence

Tossing your cowl over the fence

51.4%

Solve region 149

Horse droppings are not figs

Horse droppings are not figs

50.9%

Solve region 207

They both crap through the same hole

They both crap through the same hole

50.6%

Solve region 163

Not caring who's house is on fire as long as you can warm yourself at the blaze

Not caring who's house is on fire as long as you can warm yourself at the blaze

50.3%

Solve region 209

Fear makes the old woman trot

Fear makes the old woman trot

50.2%

Solve region 214

A wall with cracks will soon collapse

A wall with cracks will soon collapse

48.8%

Solve region 156

Dutch Master

Dutch Master

31.7%

Solve the entire puzzle

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