Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Cask

A cask is easily set rolling.

A poor cask often holds good wine.Latin.

Every cask smells of the wine it contains.Spanish, Portuguese.

The cask always smells of the herring.French.

The cask can give no other wine than what it contains.Italian.

The cask full, the mother-in-law drunk.

The full cask makes no noise.Italian.

The fuller the cask, the duller the sound.German.