Gost i riba, treći dan smrde.
“A guest, like fish, starts to smell on the third day.”
Even a welcome visitor should not overstay their welcome.
— Traditional Croatia Wisdom, Croatia
Source: Traditional Croatian proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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