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PROVERBS PREVIOUS NEXT implies that: 2: Back talk states: 3: Backseat driver, said for : 4: Bad aid solution said for : 5: Bad apple said for : 6: Bad beginnings lead to bad results. said to mean that: 7: Bad faith said when: 8: Bad money drives out good. states that: 9: Bad news has wings. it means that: 10: Bad things come in threes a superstition : 11: Bad to the bone said for : 12: Bail someone out means: 13: Bare minimum meaning: 14: Barefaced lie meaning: 15: Bark is worse than bite meaning that: 16: Barking dogs seldom bite. means that: 17: bat an eye meaning: 18: Be carefull what you pray for, you might get it. warning that: 19: Be just before you are generous. used to say that: 20: Be on the safe side meaning that you must: 21: Be slow to promise and quick to perform. advices: 22: Be swift to hear and slow to speak. said to mean that: 23: Be what you would seem to be. it means that: 24: Bear and forbear. means that: 25: Beat the band said for : 26: Beauty draws with a single hair. denotes that: 27: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. means that: 28: Beauty is only skin deep. means that: 29: Beauty lies in lover’s eyes. means that: 30: Because a man is born in a stable that does not make him a horse. suggests that: 31: Before one can say Jack Robinson. said when: 32: Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him. it means that: 33: Beggars can’t be choosers. it means that: 34: Beggars cannot be choosers. advices that: 35: Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see. advices that: 36: Best defense is offense. suggests that: 37: Best things in life are free. suggests that: 38: Better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is. means that: 39: Better a lean peace than a fat victory. meaning that: 40: Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. signify that : 41: Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. suggests that: 42: Better an open enemy than a false friend. meaning: 43: Better are small fish than an empty dish. suggests that: 44: Better be alone than in bad company. states that: 45: Better be born lucky than rich. expresses that: 46: Better be envied than pitied. it means that : 47: Better be safe than sorry. suggests that: 48: Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. suggests that: 49: Better brain than brawn. suggests that: 50: Better deny at once than promise long. advices that: 51: Better die standing than live kneeling. It emphasizes : 52: Better give a shilling than lend a half-crown. signifies that: 53: Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. underscores : 54: Better late than never. suggests that: 55: Better lose a jest than a friend. expresses that: 56: Better one house spoiled than two is said for: 57: Better one-eyed than stone-blind. states that: 58: Better out than in. advices that: 59: Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t. signifies that: 60: Better the foot slip than the tongue. expresses that: 61: Better to be off with the old love before you are on with the new an old saying suggesting that: 62: Better to be poor and healthy rather than rich and sick. states that: 63: Better to do well than to say well idiom meaning that: 64: Better to light a candle than to curse the darkeness. suggests that: 65: Better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep. means that: 66: Better to marry than to burn advices that is: 67: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. suggests that: 68: Better to wear out than to rust out. claims that : 69: Better unborn than untaught. emphasizes: 70: Better untaught than ill-taught. suggests that: 71: Better wed over the mixen than over the moor. it is: 72: Between the devil and the deep sea. used when: 73: Between the upper and nether millstone. describes: 74: Between two evils it is not worth choosing. suggests that: 75: Between two stools one falls to the ground. refers to: 76: Beware of a silent dog and still water. advices that: 77: Big fish eat little fish. means that: 78: Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. means that: 79: Bind the sack before it be full. advices to: 80: Birds of a feather flock together. means that: 81: Blessed is he who expects nothting, for he shall never be disappointed. is said for: 82: Blessings brighten as they take their flight. expresses that: 83: Blind men can judge no colours. means that: 84: Blood is thicker than water. declares that: 85: Blood will have bloods. suggests that: 86: Blood will tell. conveys the belief: 87: Borrowed garments never fit well. expresses that: 88: Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is better. indicates that: 89: Brave men leaved and before Agamemnon. but: 90: Bread always falls buttered side down. used to mean that: 91: Brevity is the soul of wit. It suggests that: 92: Burn not your house to fright the mouse away advices: 93: Burn the candle at both ends said for : 94: Business before pleasure. expression empphasizing : 95: By doing nothing we learn to do ill. suggests that: 96: By hook or by crook. means: |
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