English Proverbs · Alphabetical Index

Proverbs Beginning with T

246 entries beginning with the letter T.

T — Proverbs and Sayings

246 total
121
There is a place for everything, and everything in its place.
storing
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122
There is a reason in the roasting of eggs
reason
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123
There is always a first time
first
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124
There is always one who kisses, and one who turns thw cheek.
couple
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125
There is always something new out of Africa.
new
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126
There is luck in leisure
luck
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127
There is many a good cock come out of a tattered bag.
appearance
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128
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
old
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129
There is many a slip between cup and lip.
certainty
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130
There is measure in all things
moderation
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131
There is more than one way to kill a cat.
achievement
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132
There is no accounting for tastes.
taste
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133
There is no fire without smoke.
truth
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134
There is no fool like an old fool
fool
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135
There is no little enemy.
enemy
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136
There is no place like home.
home
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137
There is no smoke without fire.
rumour
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138
There is no such thing as a free lunch
free
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139
There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes.
weather
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140
There is none so blind as those who will not see.
ignorance
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141
There is nothing new under the sun
new
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142
There is nowt so queer as folk
behaviour
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143
There’s a remedy for everything, except death,
hope
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144
There’s safety in numbers,
safety
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145
They are hand and glove.
close
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146
Things past cannot be recalled.
past
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147
Think today and speak tomorrow.
think
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148
Those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers
precaution
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149
Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.
slander
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150
Time and tide wait for no man.
time
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151
Time cures all things.
time
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152
Time is money.
time
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153
Time is the great healer.
time
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154
To add fuel to the fire.
worsening
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155
To agree like two cats in a gutter
agreement
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156
To angle with a silver hook.
pretence
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157
To be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth.
rich
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158
To be head over ears in debt.
debt
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159
To be in one’s birthday suit.
naked
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160
To be up to the ears in love.
love
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161
To beat a dead horse.
Futility
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162
To beat about the bush.
talking
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163
To beat the air.
vanity
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164
To bring grist to somebody’s mill.
use
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165
To build a fire under someone.
motivation
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166
To buy a pig in a poke.
trade
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167
To call a spade a spade.
truth
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168
To call off the dogs.
help
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169
To carry coals to Newcastle.
Futility
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170
To cast prudence to the winds.
risk
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171
To come away none the wiser.
learning
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172
To come off with a whole skin.
safe
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173
To come off with flying colours.
success
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174
To come out dry.
sucess
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175
To come out with clean hands.
guilt
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176
To cook a hare before catching him.
haste
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177
To cry with one eye and laugh with the other.
feeling
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178
To draw in your horns.
carefully
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179
To draw water in a sieve.
vain
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180
To drop a bucket into an empty well.
vain
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