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PROVERBS PREVIOUS NEXT meaning: 2: Idle folks lack no excuses. It suggests that: 3: Idle people have the least leisure said to mean that: 4: Idleness is the mother of all evil. states that: 5: Idleness rusts the mind. in other words: 6: If a camel gets his nose in a tent, his body will follow. meaning that: 7: If a donkey bray at you, don’t bray at him. suggests that: 8: If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail suggests that: 9: If anything can go wrong, it will. means that: 10: If ifs and ans were pots and pans. advices that: 11: If in February there be no rain, it is neither good for hey nor grain states that: 12: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. indicates that: 13: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is a warning that: 14: If it's not one thing it's another. expression when: 15: If life hands you lemons, make lemnonade meaning that: 16: If my aunt had been a man, she’d have been my uncle. used to mean that: 17: If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. said for : 18: If the cap fits, wear it. said for : 19: If the mountain will no come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain. said to mean that: 20: If the sky falls, we shall catch larks. used to mean that: 21: If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm suggests that: 22: If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. signifies that: 23: if there were no receivers, there would be no thieves suggests that: 24: If things were to be done twice all would be wise. meaning: 25: If two ride a horse, one must ride behind. used to say that: 26: If we can’t as we would, we must do as we can. said to mean that: 27: If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. means that: 28: If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow. used to say that: 29: If you are born to be hanged then you'll never drowned. is said: 30: If you are not the lead dog, the view never changes. said to mean that: 31: If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid 100 days of sorrow. said to mean: 32: If you can't beat them, join them. exhortates: 33: If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. It suggests that: 34: If you dance you must pay the fiddler. conveys the idea that: 35: If you don't like it, you can lump it. meaning that: 36: If you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen. meaning that: 37: If you have to live in the river, it is best to be friends with the crocodile. declares that : 38: If you laugh before breakfast you’ll cry before supper. It implies that: 39: If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas suggests that: 40: If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. used to mean that: 41: If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. used to say that: 42: If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. signifies that: 43: If you sit by the river for long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by, meaning that: 44: If you throw mud enough, some of it will stick. means that: 45: If you try to please all you will please none. said to mean that: 46: If you want a friend, be a friend. declares that: 47: If you want a thing well done, do it yourself. used to say that: 48: If you want ot live and thrive, let the spider tun alive. a superstition : 49: If you want peace, prepare for war because: 50: Ignorance of the law is no excuse. suggests that: 51: Ill gotten goods never thrive means that: 52: Ill weeds grow apace said to mean that: 53: Ill-gotten gains never prosper. it mean that: 54: Ill-gotten, ill-spent. used to say that: 55: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery states that: 56: In for a penny, in for a pound. means that: 57: In the end things will mend. expression with : 58: In the evening one may praise the day. meaning that: 59: In times of prosperity friends are plentiful. however : 60: Iron hand in a velvet glove. said for : 61: It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white so long as it catches mice meaning that: 62: It is a good horse that never stumbles. but: 63: It is a long lane that has no turning : 64: It is a long lane that has no turning. used to say that: 65: It is a poor dog that is not worth whistling for. suggests that: 66: It is a poor heart that never rejoices. : 67: It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. suggests that: 68: It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait. said to mean that: 69: It is always darkest before the dawn. suggests that: 70: It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. means that: 71: It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. declares: 72: It is best to be on the safe size. exhortates : 73: It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. suggests that: 74: It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. advices that: 75: It is easy to swim if another holds up your chin. said to mean that: 76: It is enough to make a cat laugh. said for : 77: It is good to make a bridge of gold to a flying enemy. suggests that: 78: It is the first step that costs. suggests that: 79: It is the pace that kills. said to mean that: 80: It never rains but it pours. said to mean: 81: It takes all sorts to make a world. means that: 82: It takes all sorts to make a world. expression for: 83: It'a dogged as does it meaning that: 84: It's ill waiting for dead men's shoes. meaning that: 85: It's no use crying over spilled milk means that: 86: It’s a sin to steal a pin : 87: It’s as broad as it’s long. means that: 88: it’s easier to tear down than to build up declares that : 89: it’s hard to live in Rome and strive against the Pope : 90: it’s ill jesting with edged tools expression that : 91: It’s no use pumping a dry well. used to say that: 92: It’s one thing to flourish and another to fight. it means that: |
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