Proverbs Beginning with A

181

Advisors run no risks.

advice

› 182

Afraid of one’s own Shadow.

fear

› 183

After a storm comes a calm.

difficulty

› 184

After dinner comes the reckoning.

price

› 185

After dinner sleep a while, after supper walk a mile.

eating

› 186

After rain comes fair weather.

difficulty

› 187

After us the deluge.

selfish

› 188

Against the clock

time

› 189

Age before beauty.

age

› 190

Agnes come on horseback, but go away on foot.

losing

› 191

Agree, for the law is costly

law

› 192

Agree, for the law is costly.

compromise

› 193

All are not friends that speak us fair.

friendship

› 194

All are not hunters that blow the horn.

appearance

› 195

All are not merry that dance lightly.

feeling

› 196

All are not saints that go to church.

pretense

› 197

All asses wag their ears.

reaction

› 198

All bread is not baked in one oven.

irreplaceable

› 199

All cats are grey in the dark.

similarity

› 200

All covet, all lose.

greed

› 201

All days are short to industry and long to idleness.

time

› 202

All doors open to courtesy.

courtesy

› 203

All in good time.

time

› 204

All is fair in love and war.

love

› 205

All is fish that comes in the net

advantage

› 206

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

optimism

› 207

All is not lost that is in peril.

hope

› 208

All is well that ends well.

good

› 209

All lay load on the willing horse.

exploitation

› 210

All men can’t be first.

hierarchy

› 211

All promises are either broken or kept.

promise

› 212

All roads lead to Rome .

outcome

› 213

All sugar and honey.

affection

› 214

All that glitters is not gold.

appearance

› 215

All things are difficult before they are easy.

difficulty

› 216

All things come to those who wait.

patience

› 217

All things grow with time - except grief.

grief

› 218

All thumbs

person

› 219

All truths are not to be told.

truth

› 220

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

work

› 221

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.

second

› 222

Always put your best foot forward.

good

› 223

Among the blind, the one-eyed is a king.

rule

› 224

An ape is an ape, a varlet is a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.

nature

› 225

An army marches on its stomach.

hunger

› 226

An empty hand is no lure for a hawk.

success

› 227

An empty purse frightens friends away.

money

› 228

An empty sack cannot stand upright.

Necessity

› 229

An empty vessel gives a greater sound than a full barrel.

boastfullness

› 230

An empty vessel makes much noise.

fool

› 231

An Englishman's word is his bond

promise

› 232

An evil chance seldom comes alone.

difficult

› 233

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

morning

› 234

An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.

evil

› 235

An idle youth, a needy age,

age

› 236

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

reputation

› 237

An oak is not felled at one stroke.

Perseverance

› 238

An old dog barks not in vain.

experience

› 239

An old man is twice a child

old

› 240

An old poacher makes the best gamekeeper

experience

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