| | A nervous heart is prone to mistakes; overkill will worsen a situation rather than bettering it. |
| | A baby is an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other |
| | A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept |
| | A bad excuse is better than none |
| | A bad penny always turns up |
| | A bad workman blames his tools |
| | A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain |
| | A barking dog never bites |
| | A best friend is like a four leaf clover, Hard to find and lucky to have |
| | A bird can sing with a broken wing, but you cant pluck feathers off a frog |
| | A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush |
| | A black plum is as sweet as a white |
| | A book holds a house of gold |
| | A book is like a garden carried in the pocket |
| | A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it |
| | A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor |
| | A camel is a horse designed by a committee |
| | A cat has nine lives |
| | A cat may look at a king |
| | A cat may look at a Queen |
| | A celebrity is someone who works hard all his life to become known and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized |
| | A chain is no stronger than its weakest link |
| | A change is as good as a rest |
| | A child is a person who can dismantle in 5 minutes the toy it took you 5 hours to put together |
| | A cold bitter Christmas, a fat churchyard |
| | A constant guest is never welcome |
| | A creaking door hangs longest |
| | A crowd is not company |
| | A danger foreseen is half avoided |
| | A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy |
| | A Deaf Husband and a Blind Wife are Always a Happy Couple |
| | A dog who attends a flea circus most likely will steal the whole show |
| | A drop of ink may make a million think |
| | A drowning man will clutch at straws |
| | A fair exchange is no robbery |
| | A faithful friend is a medicine for life |
| | A fly will not get into a closed mouth |
| | A fool and his money are soon parted |
| | A fool at forty is a fool indeed |
| | A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions |
| | A fool gives; a wise man takes |
| | A Fool May Give a Wise Man Counsel |
| | A fool will laugh when he is drowning |
| | A friend in need is a friend indeed |
| | A friend is not so soon gotten as lost |
| | A friend to all is a friend to none |
| | A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread |
| | A gentleman without an estate is a pudding without suet |
| | A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath |
| | A golden key opens all doors |
| | A good beginning makes a good ending |
| | A good conscience is the best divinity |
| | A good denial, the best point in law |
| | A Good Example is the Best Sermon |
| | A good lawyer must be a great liar |
| | A good man is hard to find |
| | A good mate is the road map for the spaghetti junction of life |
| | A good name is better than a good face |
| | A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold |
| | A Good Tongue is a Good Weapon |
| | A good tree brings forth good fruit |
| | A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret |
| | A gossips mouth is the devils postbag |
| | A great dowry is a bed full of brambles |
| | A Growing Youth Has a Wolf in His Belly |
| | A guilty conscience needs no accuser |
| | A hairy man is a happy man, a hairy wife is a witch |
| | A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains |
| | A happy heart is better than a full purse |
| | A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit |
| | A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones |
| | A heavy purse gives to a light heart |
| | A hedge between keeps friendship green |
| | A helping hand is no farther than at the end of your sleeve |
| | A house is not a home |
| | A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness |
| | A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step |
| | A lender nor borrower be |
| | A leopard cannot change its spots |
| | A little of what you fancy does you good |
| | A man comes from the dust and in the dust he will end - and in the meantime it is good to drink a sip of vodka |
| | A man in love is a fool, and an old man in love is the greatest fool of all |
| | A man is at his tallest when he stoops to help a child |
| | A man is judged by his deeds, not by his words |
| | A man is known by the company he keeps |
| | A Man of Words and Not of Deeds is Like a Garden Full of Weeds |
| | A man that breaks his word bids other be false to him |
| | A man walks, God places the feet |
| | A miss is as good as a mile |
| | A miss is as good as a mr |
| | A new broom sweeps clean |
| | A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners |
| | A nod is as good as a wink to a blind man |
| | A penny always turns up |
| | A person who can smile when things go wrong has found someone to blame it on |
| | A picture paints a thousand words |
| | A place for everything and everything in its place |
| | A positive pessimist is better than a negative optimist |
| | A problem is a chance for you to do your best |
| | A problem shared is a problem halved |
| | A proverb is a true word |
| | A proverb never lies, it is only its meaning which deceives |
| | A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day |
| | A reed before the wind lives on, while might oaks do fall |
| | A rolling stone gathers no moss |
| | A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops |
| | A scalded cat fears cold water |
| | A short absence quickens love, a long absence kills it |
| | A slap on the back is only a few inches away from a kick in the butt |
| | A slip of the tongue is no fault of the mind and he who laughs is very unkind |
| | A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den |
| | A Small Spark Makes a Great Fire |
| | A soft answer turneth away wrath |
| | A sprat to catch a mackerel |
| | A spy with flatulence will always blow his cover |
| | A squirrel is just a rat with good PR |
| | A stitch in time saves nine |
| | A tidy house holds a bored woman |
| | A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men |
| | A watched pot never boils |
| | A whistling women and a crowing hen are neither fit for God or men |
| | A wise head keeps a still tongue |
| | A wise son brings joy to his father,but a foolish son grief to his mother |
| | A wonder lasts but nine days |
| | A worry shared is a worry halved |
| | Aaah, a man who runs through airport swing-doors is going to Bangkok |
| | Absence makes the heart grow fonder |
| | Abundance, like want, ruins many |
| | Accidents happen |
| | Accidents will happen in the best regulated families |
| | Actions speak louder than words |
| | Admiration is the daughter of ignorance |
| | Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it |
| | Adversity Makes Strange Bedfellows |
| | Adding legs when painting a snake. |
| | After a famine in the stall comes a famine in the hall |
| | After all is said and done, more is said than done |
| | After dark all cats are leopards |
| | After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile |
| | After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box |
| | After the storm comes the calm |
| | Age before beauty |
| | Age has no friend but the wrinkles of the mind |
| | Age is a very high price to pay for maturity |
| | Agree, For The Law is Costly |
| | All are not cooks that walk with long knives |
| | All beginning is difficult The first million is the hardest |
| | All good things come to he who waits |
| | All good things must come to an end |
| | All is for the best in the best of the possible worlds |
| | All lay loads on a willing horse! |
| | All roads lead to Rome |
| | All sunshine makes a desert |
| | All that glisters is not gold |
| | All the world loves a lover |
| | All things are possible with god |
| | All things come to those who wait |
| | All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy |
| | All you need is love |
| | Although the Sun May Shine, Leave Not Thy Cloak at Home |
| | Always the bridesmaid,never the bride |
| | An ant may well destroy a whole dam |
| | An apple a day keeps the doctor at bay |
| | An apple a day keeps the doctor away |
| | An English Summer, Three Hot Days and a Thunderstorm |
| | An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth |
| | An old fox is not easily snared |
| | An old Ox makes a straight furrow |
| | An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept |
| | Angry Men Make Themselves a Bed of Nettles |
| | Another day, another dollar |
| | Any fool can criticise, condemn and complain and most fools do |
| | Any port in a storm |
| | Anybody can make history Only a great man can write it |
| | Appearances are deceptive |
| | April is the cruellest month |
| | Art has no enemy but ignorance |
| | Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity |
| | As busy as a bee |
| | As delicate as a baby's eye lashes |
| | As dirty as a pig |
| | As dry as chapped lips |
| | As is the gardener, so is the garden |
| | As safe as houses |
| | As soft as velvet |
| | As strong as love |
| | As useful as a chocolate fireguard (or teapot) |
| | As wrinkled as an elephant's hide |
| | As you make your bed, so must you lie in it |
| | As you sow, so shall you reap |
| | Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer |
| | Ask no questions and hear no lies |
| | At the end of the game, the King and the pawn go back in the same box |
| | Attack is the best form of defence |
| | Bad news travels fast |
| | Barking dogs seldom bite |
| | Be a good sport - wherever you go |
| | Be first at the feast, and last at the fight |
| | Be just before you are generous |
| | Be kind to people on the way up, you may need them when you are on your way down |
| | Beautiful is not what is beautiful, but what one likes |
| | Beauty and Honesty Seldom Agree |
| | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder |
| | Beauty is only skin deep |
| | Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume |
| | Beer before wine is fine Wine before beer makes you feel queer! |
| | Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy |
| | Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails |
| | Before enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water; after enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water. |
| | Beggars and borrowers cannot be choosers |
| | Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see |
| | Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife |
| | Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred |
| | Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse |
| | Better an open enemy, than a false friend |
| | Better bend than break |
| | Better die with honor than live with shame |
| | Better do it than wish it done |
| | Better late than never |
| | Better one house spoiled than two |
| | Better safe than sorry |
| | Better to aim high and miss, than to aim low and reach target! |
| | Better to be alone than in bad company |
| | Better to be envied than pitied |
| | Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud |
| | Better to be safe than sorry |
| | Better to have loved and lost, than never have loved at all |
| | Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness |
| | Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife |
| | Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly |
| | Better to remain silent and appear a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt |
| | Better wed over the mixen than over the moor |
| | Beware of Greeks bearing gifts |
| | Birds of a feather flock together |
| | Bitter pills may have blessed effects |
| | Blessings Are Not Valued Until They Are Gone |
| | Blethers say nought |
| | Blood is thicker than water |
| | Blue are the hills that are far away |
| | Books and friends should be few and good |
| | Borrowed Garments Never Fit Well |
| | Boys will be boys |
| | Bread is the staff of life |
| | Business before pleasure |
| | Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance |
| | Charity begins at home |
| | Charity covers a multitude of sins |
| | Cheats never prosper |
| | Children Have Wide Ears and Long Tongues |
| | Children should be seen and not heard |
| | Christmas comes but once a year |
| | Christmas comes but once a year, but Hallmark makes sure it lasts three months |
| | Civility costs nothing |
| | Cleanliness is next to Godliness |
| | Clothes make a man |
| | Coin a phrase |
| | Cold hands, warm heart |
| | Common fame is seldom to blame |
| | Confession is good for the soul |
| | Confidence is a plant of slow growth |
| | Constant dripping wears away the stone |
| | Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned |
| | Count your blessings |
| | Cultivate money and you grow rich, Cultivate mind and you raise culture |
| | Curiosity killed the cat |
| | Curses, like chickens, come home to roost |
| | Cut your coat according to your cloth |
| | Daddies know best |
| | Danger can never be overcome without taking risks |
| | Dead men tell no tales |
| | Death is the great leveller |
| | Death pays all debts |
| | Desperate Diseases Call for Desperate Remedies |
| | Diamonds cut diamonds |
| | Different strokes for different folk |
| | Diligence is the mother of good fortune |
| | Discretion is the better part of valour |
| | Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow |
| | Distance lends enchantment to the view |
| | Distance makes the heart grow fonder |
| | Divide and rule |
| | Do as I say, and not as I do |
| | Do as you would be done by |
| | Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped |
| | Do not praise yourself while going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle |
| | Do not search for a calf under an ox |
| | Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from a friends forehead |
| | Do not wear out your welcome |
| | Do right and fear no man |
| | Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you |
| | Dont count the days, make the days count! |
| | Dont make love at the garden gate, love is blind but the neighbours aint |
| | Dont teach your grandmother to suck eggs |
| | Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom |
| | Draw Not Your Bow Till the Arrow is Fixed |
| | Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage |
| | Due to the presence of fools, wise people stand out |
| | Dump husband in September, you have to get rid of the spiders |
| | Early to bed and early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy and wise |
| | Easy come, easy go |
| | Eat well, stay fit, die anyway |
| | Empty sacks will never stand upright |
| | Enough is as good as a feast |
| | Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day |
| | Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief |
| | Every Ass Loves to Hear Himself Bray |
| | Every bird loves to hear himself sing |
| | Every body wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die |
| | Every cloud has a silver lining |
| | Every Cook Praises His Own Broth |
| | Every cross has its inscriptions |
| | Every devil has not a cloven hoof |
| | Every dog has his day |
| | Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard |
| | Every flow hath its ebb |
| | Every little helps |
| | Every man has his price |
| | Every picture tells a story |
| | Every Soldier has the Baton of a Field Marshal in his Knapsack |
| | Every step of life is a risk |
| | Everyday is a fresh slate |
| | Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet |
| | Everything comes to him who waits |
| | Everything must have a beginning |
| | Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding |
| | Experience is a great servant |
| | Experience is a wonderful thing It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again |
| | Experience is better bought than taught |
| | Experience is the best teacher |
| | Facts are stubborn things |
| | Faint heart never won fair lady |
| | Fair exchange is no robbery |
| | Fair without , false within |
| | Faith will move mountains |
| | Fall seven times, stand up eight |
| | Familiarity breeds contempt |
| | Fate leads the willing but drives the stubborn |
| | Fear lends wings |
| | Feed a cold starve a fever |
| | Fight fire with fire |
| | Fight truth decay, read the bible |
| | Finders keepers, losers weepers |
| | Fine feathers make fine birds |
| | Fine words butter no parsnips |
| | First come, first served |
| | First Impressions are the Most Lasting |
| | First things first |
| | Fish and guests smell in three days |
| | Fish are no respectors of human boredom, so why go angling |
| | Flies Come to Feasts Unasked |
| | Flies never visit an egg that has no crack |
| | Fogiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the foot that crushed it |
| | Folly grows without watering |
| | Fools and madmen speak the truth |
| | Fools build houses, and wise men live in them |
| | Fools rush in where angels fear to tread |
| | Fools seldom differ |
| | Football is a game of two halves |
| | Forbidden fruits create many jams |
| | Forewarned is forearmed |
| | Forgive and forget |
| | Fortune favours the brave |
| | Four things drive a man out of his house: too much smoke, a dripping roof, filthy air and a scolding wife |
| | Friends are made by many acts - and lost by only one |
| | Friendship is like money,easier made than kept |
| | From clogs to clogs in only three generations |
| | From the sweetest wine the tartest vinegar |
| | Fruit out of season, sorrow out of reason |
| | Genius is an Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains |
| | Gentle is that gentle does |
| | Gie yer tongue mair holidays nor yer heid |
| | Give a clown a finger and he will take your hand |
| | Give and spend and God will send |
| | Give credit where credit is due |
| | Give Neither Counsel Nor Salt till You Are Asked For It |
| | Gluttony kills more than the sword |
| | Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company |
| | God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers |
| | God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself |
| | God gives every bird its food, but does not always drop it into the nest |
| | God help the poor, for the rich can help themselves |
| | God helps those who help themselves |
| | God is alive and well and working on something less ambitious |
| | God is Always on the Side of the Big Battalions |
| | God made the country and man made the town! |
| | Golden dishes will never turn black |
| | Good and quickly seldom meet |
| | Good broth may be made in an old pot |
| | Good fences make good neighbours! |
| | Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget |
| | Good people are scarce |
| | Good talk saves the food |
| | Goodness is better than beauty |
| | Grease is the only cure for a hangover |
| | Great minds think alike |
| | Great minds think alike, simple minds cant think of anything different |
| | Great oaks from little acorns grow |
| | Greedy folks have long arms |
| | Grow your own dope - plant a man! |
| | Gut No Fish Till You Get Them |
| | Half a loaf is better than no bread |
| | Handsome is as handsome does |
| | Happiness is not a state of mind, but a manner of travelling |
| | Happiness is wanting what you have - not having what you want |
| | Happy is the bride the sun shines on |
| | Hard work never did anyone any harm |
| | Haste makes waste |
| | Hasty climbers have sudden falls |
| | Hate is like cancer slowly eating us away inside |
| | Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs |
| | Have you ever noticed? anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac |
| | He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes |
| | He is an ill companion that has a good memory |
| | He is at Ease Who Has Enough |
| | He Is Rich Enough That Wants Nothing |
| | He knows best what good is that has endured evil |
| | He Lives Long Who Lives Well |
| | He That Brings Good News Knocks Hard |
| | He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others |
| | He that knows nothing, doubts nothing |
| | He that plants a tree plants for posterity |
| | He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill! |
| | He That Teaches Himself has a Fool for his Master |
| | He That Will Not Be Counselled Cannot Be Helped |
| | He travels fastest who travels alone |
| | He who awaits much receives little |
| | He who comes with a story to you will bring two away from you |
| | He who dares wins |
| | He who does not honour his wife dishonours himself |
| | He who drinks Australian Thinks Australian |
| | He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day |
| | He who flies high is a short step from a big fall |
| | He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son |
| | He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin |
| | He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup |
| | He who hesitates is lost |
| | He who is ABSENT is always in the Wrong |
| | He Who Keeps Company with the Wolf Will Learn How to Howl |
| | He who knows better has never tried it |
| | He who laughs last laughs longest |
| | He who laughs last, thinks the slowest! |
| | He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword |
| | He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing |
| | He who pays the piper calls the tune |
| | He who plays with fire will get burnt |
| | He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount |
| | He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon |
| | He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate, he who loves finds the gates open |
| | He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty |
| | Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned |
| | History repeats itself |
| | Home is where the heart is |
| | Home is where you hang your hat |
| | Home sweet home |
| | Honesty is the best policy |
| | Hope springs eternal |
| | Hunger is the best sauce |
| | I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet |
| | I pointed out to you the stars and all you saw was the tip of my finger |
| | Idle people lack no excuses |
| | If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame |
| | If anything can go wrong, it will |
| | If Fortune calls, offer him a seat |
| | If in doubt, mumble |
| | If life deals you lemons make lemonade |
| | If the Blind Lead the Blind, Both Shall Fall Into the Ditch |
| | If the cap fits, wear it |
| | If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain |
| | If the wind will not serve, take to the oars |
| | If there were no lossers there could be no winners |
| | If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride |
| | If you are planning for a year - sow rice, if you are planning for a decade - sow trees, if you are planning for a lifetime - educate people |
| | If you believe everything you read, you better not read |
| | If you educate a man you educate an individual but if you educate a woman you educate a family |
| | If you get a good wife you will be happy, if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher |
| | If you get it overnight, you can lose it just as quick |
| | If you lie down with dogs you will come up with fleas |
| | If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree |
| | If you wish to be loved, love |
| | If you would enjoy the fruit, pluck not the flower |
| | Ignorance is bliss |
| | Ill-gotten gains never prosper |
| | Imagination is the highest kite you can fly |
| | Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery |
| | In a battle between elephants, the ants get squashed |
| | In April,a youg mans thoughts turn to fancy! |
| | In for a penny, in for a pound |
| | In the coldest flint there is hot fire |
| | In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has |
| | In the land of hope there is never any winter |
| | In the Land of the Blind the One Eyed Man is King |
| | In vino veritas |
| | 90% of Inspiration is Perspiration |
| | Is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness |
| | It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice |
| | It is a long lane that has no turning |
| | It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait |
| | It is better to love and lost than never to love at all |
| | It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive |
| | It is better to wear out than to rust out |
| | It is easier to get forgiveness than permission |
| | It is foolish to deal with a fool |
| | It is good to be knowledgeable, but better to be lovable |
| | It is good to have company in misery |
| | It is in vain to cast your net where there is no fish |
| | It is never too late to be what you might have been |
| | It is possible to give without loving but it is impossible to love without giving |
| | It is what is in the mind when sober, that comes out of the mouth when drunk |
| | It never rains but it pours |
| | It takes all sorts to make a world |
| | It takes one bad apple to spoil the barrel! |
| | It takes one day to destroy a house but to build a new one will take months, perhaps years |
| | It takes one to know one |
| | It takes two to make a quarrel |
| | It takes two to tango |
| | It will all come out in the wash |
| | It will all come right in the wash |
| | Its a dogs life |
| | Its a wise child that knows its own father |
| | Its only rock n roll but I like it |
| | Its too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted |
| | Jack of all trades, master of none |
| | Judge not that you be not judged |
| | Keep your chin up |
| | Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground |
| | Keep your friends close but your enemies closer |
| | Keep your powder dry |
| | Kill not the goose that lays the golden egg |
| | Kill two birds with one stone |
| | Know which side your bread is buttered |
| | Knowing is not enough; We must Apply Willing is not enough; We must Do |
| | Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone |
| | Laughter is the best medicine |
| | Laughter is the closest distance between two people |
| | Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth |
| | Lean liberty is better than fat slavery |
| | Lear from the past, Live for today Look for tomorrow, take a nap this afternoon |
| | Learn to say no It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin |
| | Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere |
| | Least said soonest mended |
| | Lend your money and lose your friend |
| | Let bygones be bygones |
| | Let sleeping dogs lie |
| | Let the buyer beware |
| | Life begins at forty |
| | Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved |
| | Life is beautiful |
| | Life is just a bowl of cherries |
| | Life is like a box of chocolates, sometimes hard, sometimes soft |
| | Life is like a drawing pin - sharp at one end, and flat at the other |
| | Life is like a good book, the more you get into it the more it makes sense |
| | Life is like a horse race there are winners and losers |
| | Life is not all beer and skittles |
| | Life is one long catwalk |
| | Lightning never strikes twice in the same place |
| | Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked man ruling over a helpless people |
| | Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of gifts he does not give |
| | Like father, like son |
| | Like flogging a dead horse |
| | Like music to my ears |
| | Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life |
| | Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise |
| | Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks |
| | Little things please little minds |
| | Live and learn |
| | Live and let live |
| | Live to the point of tears |
| | Look after number one |
| | Look before you leap |
| | Look good, feel good |
| | Lookers on see most of the game |
| | Lots of people confuse bad management with destiny |
| | Love conquers all |
| | Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing |
| | Love is blind |
| | Love is like a fire, it can either warm your heart or burn your house down |
| | Love is the strangest thing |
| | Love laughs at the locksmiths |
| | Love makes the world go round |
| | Love many, trust few, but always paddle your own canoe |
| | Love nature , live lightly |
| | Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear |
| | Love thy neighbour as thy self |
| | Love will find a way |
| | Loving life is living life to the fullest |
| | Lucky at cards, unlucky in love |
| | Make hay while the sun shines |
| | Make love not war |
| | Man cannot live on bread alone |
| | Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient |
| | Manners maketh man |
| | Many a mickle makes a muckle |
| | Many a true word is spoken in jest |
| | Many are called but few are chosen |
| | Many hands make light work |
| | Many people know how to say nothing; few know when |
| | Many things are lost for want of asking |
| | March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb |
| | March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers |
| | Marry in haste, and repent at leisure |
| | Melt the icy fingers of fear with the sunshine of hope |
| | Men are from earth Women are from earth Deal with it |
| | Merry Nights Make Sorry Days |
| | Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places |
| | Might is right |
| | Mind your own business |
| | Misery loves company |
| | Money is the root of all evil |
| | Money makes the world go around |
| | More haste less speed |
| | Mother knows best |
| | Motivation is what gets you started habit is what keeps you going |
| | Murder will out |
| | Necessity is the mother of invention |
| | Needs must when the devil drives |
| | Never be afraid to sit awhile and think |
| | Never choose bedlinen or a wife by candlelight |
| | Never eat an oyster unless there is an R in the month |
| | Never go to bed on an argument |
| | Never judge a book by its cover |
| | Never judge by appearences |
| | Never judge someone until you have travelled a mile in their shoes |
| | Never look a gift horse in the mouth |
| | Never make a mountain out of a molehill - The mountain will arrive soon enough |
| | Never murder a man who is committing suicide |
| | Never play leapfrog with a unicorn |
| | Never put off til tomorrow what you can do today |
| | Never put your tongue on an iceberg |
| | Never say die |
| | Never speak ill of the dead |
| | Never stand on the tail of a hedgehog after midnight |
| | Never the twain shall meet |
| | Never too old to learn |
| | Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you |
| | Night is the Mother of Counsel |
| | No Good Building Without a Good Foundation |
| | No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness |
| | No man is a hero to his valet |
| | No man is an island |
| | No man is wise at all times |
| | No matter how long a log stays in the water it does not become a crocodile |
| | No news is good news |
| | No one grows old by living; only by losing interest in living |
| | No one is expected to achieve the impossible |
| | No pain, no gain |
| | No wind, no waves |
| | None but the brave deserve the fair |
| | None but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches |
| | None so deaf as those who will not hear |
| | Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse |
| | Nothing is certain but death and taxes |
| | Nothing is interesting if you are not interested |
| | Nothing seems expensive on credit |
| | Nothing succeeds like success |
| | Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught |
| | Nothing ventured, nothing gained |
| | Nowt so queer as folk! |
| | Old fish and young flesh feed men best |
| | Old friends and wine are best |
| | Old habits die hard |
| | Old sins cast long shadows |
| | On the Turf all men are equal, and under it |
| | Once a word leaves your mouth, you cannot chase it back even with the swiftest horse |
| | Once bitten twice shy |
| | Once in a blue moon |
| | Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale |
| | Once seen never forgotten |
| | One beats the bush, another takes the bird |
| | One cannot quarrel without an opponent |
| | One foolish sheep will lead the flock |
| | One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold seven for a secret not to be sold Eight for heaven nine for hell and ten for the devils own cell |
| | One good turn deserves another |
| | One good turn deserves half the blankets |
| | One mans loss is another mans gain |
| | One mans meat is another mans poison! |
| | One of these days is none of these days |
| | One volunteer is worth ten pressed men |
| | One who has the reputation of an early riser may safely lie in bed until noon |
| | One years seeding means seven years weeding |
| | Only fools and horses work |
| | Only mad dogs and englishmen go out in the midday sun |
| | Only time will tell |
| | Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire |
| | Opportunities always look bigger going than coming |
| | Opportunity makes a thief |
| | Opportunity seldom knocks twice |
| | Out of sight, out of mind |
| | Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings |
| | Pain is so close to pleasure |
| | Pain is temporary, victory is forever |
| | Pardon all but theyself |
| | Past cure, past care |
| | Patience is a virtue |
| | Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit |
| | Penny wise, pound foolish |
| | People who think the world revolves around them have no sense of direction |
| | Perfection is inperfect |
| | Pick your friends like you pick your fruit |
| | Plant the crab tree where you will, it will never bear pippins |
| | Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat |
| | Possessions dwindle; I mourn their loss But I mourn the loss of time much more, for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time |
| | Possessions dwindle; I mourn their loss But I mourn the loss of time much more, for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time |
| | Practice makes perfect |
| | Practice what you preach |
| | Prevention is better than cure |
| | Pride comes before a fall |
| | Procrastination is the thief of time |
| | Promises are like babies Easy to make, hard to deliver |
| | Quality is an excuse for lack of quantity |
| | Quality is better than quantity |
| | Quickly come, quickly go |
| | Rain before seven, fine before eleven |
| | Rain, Rain, go away, come back another day |
| | Rained on ground hardens (Japanese Proverb) |
| | Rats desert a sinking ship |
| | Red sky at night shepherds delight,red sky in the morning,shepherds warning |
| | Revenge is a dish best served cold |
| | Revenge is sweet |
| | Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a disgrace to any people |
| | Robbing Peter to pay Paul |
| | Saying is one thing; doing another |
| | Second place is first loser |
| | See Naples and die |
| | Seeing is believing |
| | Seldom seen, soon forgotten |
| | Seven-fifths of all people do not understand fractions |
| | Sex takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble |
| | Share and share alike! |
| | Shopping is a therapy |
| | Silence is golden |
| | Silence is the fence around wisdom |
| | Sleep is better than medicine |
| | Smile and the world smiles with you, snore and you sleep alone |
| | Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep |
| | Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors |
| | So long as you do your best in life, whatever happens will be for the best |
| | Softly, softly, catchee monkey |
| | Some are Wise and Some are Otherwise |
| | Some are wise and some are otherwise |
| | Sometimes the majority only means all the fools are on the same side |
| | Spare the rod and spoil the child |
| | Speak when you are spoken to |
| | St Swithins Day, if thou does rain, for forty days it will remain, St Swithins day if thou be fair for forty days twill rain no more |
| | Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me |
| | Still waters run deep |
| | Stir With a Knife, Stir Up Strife |
| | Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both |
| | Strangers are just friends you have not met yet |
| | Strike while the iron is hot |
| | Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan |
| | Sunlight penetrates even the thinnest crack |
| | Sympathy without relief is like mustard without beef |
| | Tailors and writers must mind the fashion |
| | Take a hair of the dog that bit you |
| | Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves |
| | Take heed of reconciled enemies and of meat twice boiled |
| | Take your time and time will take you |
| | Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice inside the ceiling laugh |
| | Talk is cheap |
| | Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself |
| | Teaching of others teacheth the teacher |
| | The Absent are Always Wrong |
| | The Ass Loaded With Gold Still Eats Thistles |
| | The best advice is found on the pillow |
| | The best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet and Dr Merryman |
| | The Best Fish Swim Near the Bottom |
| | The best of men are but men at best |
| | The best things come in small packages |
| | The best things in life are free |
| | The best throw of the dice is to throw them away |
| | The Best Wine Comes Out of an Old Vessel |
| | The bigger they are, the harder they fall |
| | The cobra will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr Cobra |
| | The company makes the feast |
| | The country is in ruins, and there are still mountains and rivers - japanese proverb |
| | The course of true love never did run smooth |
| | The darkest hour is just before dawn |
| | The devil find work for idle hands to do |
| | The Devil goes shares in gaming |
| | The Devil rides upon a fiddlestick |
| | The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil |
| | The difficult we do at once, the impossible takes a little longer |
| | The early bird catches the worm |
| | The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese |
| | The early worm enjoys a leisurely breakfast |
| | The end justifies the means |
| | The eyes are the window of the soul |
| | The eyes speak as much as the mouth |
| | The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory |
| | The Fairest Rose at Last is Withered |
| | The Family That Prays Together Stays Together |
| | The female of the species is more deadly than the male |
| | The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them |
| | The first step is the hardest |
| | The fish will soon be caught, that nibbles at every bait |
| | The fruit does not fall far from the tree. |
| | The Gods Send Nuts to those who have no Teeth |
| | The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence |
| | The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world |
| | The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail |
| | The higher the tree, the sweeter the plum |
| | The higher you climb up the ladder, the more people can see your arse |
| | The horses of hope gallop, but the asses of experience go slowly |
| | The King can make a knight, but not a gentleman |
| | The last drop makes the cup run over |
| | The longest day must have an end |
| | The longest rope has an end |
| | The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones |
| | The Mills of God Grind Slowly, Yet They Grind Exceedingly Small |
| | The Moon does not heed the barking of dogs |
| | The more one knows, the less one believes |
| | The more the merrier |
| | The more you get, the more you want |
| | The most beautiful women are made for lovers who lack imagination |
| | The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat |
| | The nearer to the church, the farther from God |
| | The old believe everything, the middle aged suspect everything, the young know everything |
| | The One who tells the stories rules the world |
| | The pen is mightier than the sword |
| | The pot calls the kettle black |
| | The price of greatness is responsibility |
| | The price of liberty is eternal vigilance |
| | The proof of the pudding is in the eating |
| | The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him |
| | The road to hell is paved with good intentions |
| | The rotten apple injures its neighbours |
| | The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
| | The stick is the surest peacemaker |
| | The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again |
| | The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth |
| | The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit |
| | The trouble with experience is that by the time you have it, you are too old to take advantage of it |
| | The truth will out |
| | The West Wind Always Brings Wet Weather, The East Wind Wet and Cold Together, the South Wind Surely Brings Us Rain, the North Wind Blows It Back Again |
| | The world is full of willing people: some willing to work and some willing to let them |
| | The young man thinks the old mans stupid but the old man KNOWS the young man is |
| | There are always ears on the other side of the wall |
| | There Are No Atheists in Foxholes |
| | There are none so blind as those that will not see |
| | There are two sides to every question |
| | There but for the grace of God go I |
| | There is a skeleton in every cupboard |
| | There is a time and a place for everything |
| | There is a time to speak and a time to be silent |
| | There is always some madness in love But there is also always some reason in madness |
| | There is always somebody worst of then yourself no matter how bad things seem |
| | There is an exception to every rule |
| | There is more than one way to skin a cat |
| | There is no accounting for taste |
| | There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they fall in love |
| | There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly |
| | There is no physician like a true friend |
| | There is no such thing as a free lunch |
| | There is no time like the present |
| | There is safety in numbers |
| | There will be rubs in the smoothest road |
| | They Brag Most That Can Do the Least |
| | They that dance must pay the fiddler |
| | They that walk much in the sun will be tanned at last |
| | Things can only get better |
| | Things that come to those who wait may be things left by those who got there first |
| | Think before you speak |
| | Think Much, Speak Little and Write Less |
| | Those who cast the votes decide nothing Those who count the votes decide everything |
| | Those who play the game do not see it as clearly as those who watch |
| | Though the wound be healed, a scar remains |
| | Time and tide wait for no man |
| | Time is a great healer |
| | Time waits for nobody |
| | Tis better to get things for free, than to work up a sweat |
| | To deceive oneself is very easy |
| | To err is human, to forgive divine |
| | To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart |
| | To have is to hold and to hold is to have |
| | To know the road ahead, ask those coming back |
| | To many people in a dustbin means there not much room in side |
| | To say that a man cannot love one woman at a time is ridiculous It is like saying a musician needs more than one violin to play the same piece of music |
| | To the jaundiced eye all things look yellow |
| | To the victor the spoils |
| | To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world |
| | To thine own self be true |
| | To whom God gives, to him also the people give |
| | Tomorrow never comes |
| | Too many chiefs and not enough indians |
| | Too many clicks spoil the browse |
| | Too many cooks spoil the broth |
| | Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it |
| | True blue will never stain |
| | True love is like a teardrop in Niagra falls |
| | True love never grows old |
| | Trust is the mother of deceit |
| | Try praying Nothing pleses God more than to hear a strange voice |
| | Turn the other cheek |
| | Two Dogs Fight for a Bone, and a Third Runs Away With it |
| | Two fools in a house are too many |
| | Two heads are better than one |
| | Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help and what he cannot help |
| | Two wrongs do not make a right |
| | Two wrongs may not make a right but three rights make a left |
| | Under the thorn grow the roses |
| | United we stand, divided we fall |
| | Unkissed, unkind |
| | Use it or lose it |
| | Use soft words and hard arguments |
| | Variety is the spice of life |
| | Virtue is its own reward |
| | Virtues all agree, but vices fight one another |
| | Visit your aunt, but not every day of the year |
| | Walk before you can run |
| | Walls have ears |
| | War does not always decide who it right but it always decides who is left! |
| | Waste not, want not |
| | Watch your thoughts, they become words Watch your words, they become actions, watch your actions, they become habits, watch your habits, they become characer Watch your character, it becomes your destiny |
| | Water that has been begged for does not quench the thirst |
| | We all get heavier as we get older because there is a lot more information in our heads |
| | We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain |
| | We do not care of what we have, but we cry when it is lost |
| | We had nothing to do and we did it very well |
| | We never know the worth of water till the well is dry |
| | Wedlock is a padlock |
| | Well Begun is Half Done |
| | Well done is better than well said |
| | What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive |
| | What does not kill you makes you stronger |
| | What flares up fast, extinguishes soon |
| | What goes around, comes around |
| | What goes up must come down |
| | What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity |
| | What we see depends mainly on what we look for |
| | What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts |
| | What you see in yourself is what you see in the world |
| | Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong |
| | When a fool is silent, he too is counted among the wise |
| | When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman |
| | When alone, we have our thoughts to watch, in our families, our tempers and in society our tongues |
| | When children stand still they have done some ill |
| | When distrust enters in at the foregate, love goes out at the postern |
| | When fortune smiles, embrace her |
| | When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing |
| | When I turned myself over to God, i took my life out the hands of an idiot |
| | When in doubt, do nothing |
| | When in Rome, do as the Romans do |
| | When It Rains and the Sun Shines at the Same Time the Devil is Beating his Wife |
| | When one shears the sheep, the skin on the ram trembles |
| | When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window |
| | When the student is ready, the master will appear |
| | When the wine is in, the wit is out |
| | When two buffalo fight, it is the grass that gets hurt! |
| | When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise |
| | When you become successful in any type of life, there are people who are not contributing to the motion |
| | When you live in the past, it costs you the present |
| | Where the carcass is, there shall the eagles be gathered together |
| | Wherever you may be let your wind go free |
| | While there is life there is hope |
| | Who feels guilty, feels responsible |
| | Who keeps company with the wolf will learn how to howl |
| | Why bark when you can get a dog to do it |
| | Wise children have short years |
| | Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook |
| | Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down |
| | Wonders will never cease |
| | Work expands so as to fill the time available |
| | Work is the curse of the drinking classes |
| | Yesterday is ashes; tomorrow wood Only today does the fire burn brightly |
| | You are a long time dead |
| | You are never a loser till you quit trying |
| | You can have too much of a good thing |
| | You can only go as far as you push |
| | You can throw a cat however you want; it always lands on its feet |
| | You cannot burn the candle at both ends |
| | You cannot get blood from a stone |
| | You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom |
| | You cannot lose what you never had |
| | You cannot make bricks without straw |
| | You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds |
| | You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk |
| | You cant buy love |
| | You cant hurry love |
| | You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar |
| | You do well to believe in God Satan also believes and trembles |
| | You get out of life what you put into it |
| | You get what you give |
| | You have to be in it to win it |
| | You have to understand, somethings you will never understand |
| | You might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb |
| | You never know what you can do until you try |
| | You only live once |
| | You win some, you lose some |
| | Your day starts with what you say to yourself |
| | Your future lies before you like a field of driven snow Be careful how you tread it for every step will show |
| | Your troubles seem larger the longer you look at them |
| | Youth and Old Age Will Never Agree |
| | Youth is wasted on the young |
| | Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly |
| | Zeal without knowledge, is fire without light |