The weeds overgrow the corn

Similar English and Irish sayings:

Ill weeds grow apace (aguro) Ill weeds grow apace (aguro)
When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, sell your cow and buy you corn; but when she comes to the futt bit, sell your corn and buy you sheep When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, sell your cow and buy you corn; but when she comes to the futt bit, sell your corn and buy you sheep
No garden without its weeds No garden without its weeds

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