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PROVERBS PREVIOUS NEXT states that: 2: Take us as you find us. declares that: 3: Tall oaks grow from little acorns. said to mean that: 4: Tarred with the same brush. describes : 5: Tastes differ. said to mean that: 6: Tell tales out of school. said when: 7: Tell that to the marines. used when: 8: That cock won’t fight. describes : 9: That’s a horse of another colour. said for : 10: That’s where the shoe pinches! expresses that: 11: The age of miracles is past used when: 12: The apple never falls far from the tree. declares that : 13: The beggar may sing before the thief. said to mean that: 14: The best advice is found on the pillow. used to say that: 15: The best fish swim near the bottom. means that: 16: The best helping hand is at the end of your sleeve. states that: 17: The best is the enemy of the good. means that: 18: the best of both worlds expression said when: 19: The best of friends must part. indicates that: 20: The best of men are but men at best. meaning that: 21: The best things in life are free. question: 22: The bleating of the kid excites the tiger. means that: 23: The bread never falls but on its buttered side. suggests that: 24: The buck stops here said to mean: 25: The busiest men have the most leisure. suggests that: 26: The buyer has need of a hundred eyes, the seller but one. indicates that: 27: The cap fits. said to mean that: 28: The caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf who keeps the caribou strong. said to mean that: 29: The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws. said to mean that: 30: The city for wealth, the country for health used to say that: 31: The cobbler should stick to his last. said to mean that: 32: The cobbler’s wife is the worst shod. indicating that: 33: The company makes the feast proposes that: 34: The cowl does not make the monk signifies that: 35: The darkest hour is just before the dawn. hoping that : 36: The darkest place is under the candlestick. said to mean that: 37: The devil can quote scriptures for his ownh ends said to mean that: 38: The devil finds work for idle hands to do suggests that: 39: The devil has the best tunes said when: 40: The devil is in the details indicates that: 41: The devil is not so black as he is painted. said for : 42: The devil knows many things because he is old. said to mean that: 43: The devil looks after his own. suggests that: 44: The devil lurks behind the cross. suggests that: 45: The devil's children have the Devil's luck points out that : 46: The die is cast. said to mean that: 47: The dog returns to its vomit means that: 48: The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. said for : 49: The Dutch have taken Holland. responce to : 50: The early bird catches the worm. advices to: 51: The early man never borrows from the late man suggests that: 52: The end crows the work means that: 53: The end justifies the means. suggests that: 54: The enemy of my enemy is my friend : 55: The exception proves the rule. used to mean that: 56: The eye of the master does more work than both his hands states that: 57: The eyes are the window of the soul suggests that: 58: The face is the index of the mind. meaning that: 59: The fat is in the fire. used to mean that: 60: The first blow is half the battle. said to mean that: 61: The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean meaning that: 62: The furthest way about is the nearest way home. used to say that: 63: The game is not worth the candle.. meaning: 64: The Gods send nuts to those who have no teeth said about: 65: The golden age was never the present age, suggests that: 66: The good is the enemy of the best. declares that: 67: The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. means that: 68: The greater the sinner, the greater the saint suggests that: 69: The greater the truth, the greater the libel meaning that: 70: The grey mare is the better horse suggests that: 71: The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world suggests that: 72: The harder the storm, the sooner it’s over, encouraging : 73: The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail. is said for: 74: The labourer is worthy of his hire states that: 75: The last drop makes the cup run over. said to mean that: 76: The last straw breaks the camel’s back. indicates that: 77: The longest way round is the shortest way home. suggests that: 78: The man who has once been bitten by a snake fears every piece of rope. means that: 79: The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. meaning: 80: The mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding fine. meaning that: 81: The moon does not heed the barking of dogs. is said for: 82: The more the merrier. expression meaning that : 83: The more you get the more you want refers to: 84: The morning sun never lasts a day. signifies: 85: The mother of mischief is no bigger than a midge's wing meaning that: 86: The mountains are high, and the emperor is far away suggests that: 87: The nail that sticks up gets hammered down suggests that: 88: The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh. used to say that: 89: The nearer the church, the farhter form God suggests that: 90: The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings. suggests that: 91: The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken at last. meaning: 92: The pot calls the kettle black. said for : 93: The proof of the pudding is in the eating. said to mean that: 94: The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love, suggests that: 95: the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong suggests that: 96: The rain falls on the just and the unjust alike. used for: 97: The receiver is as bad as the thief. said to mean that: 98: The remedy is worse than the disease. used to express that: 99: The rich man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the winter, states that: 100: The rotten apple injures its neighbours. said to mean that: 101: The same fire that melts the butter hardens the egg. states that: 102: The sea refuses no river, a very old sailor's saying: 103: The shoemaker’s child always goes barefoot, said for : 104: The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak said when: 105: The tailor makes the man. suggests that: 106: The thin end of the wedge said for : 107: The tongue of idle persons is never idle. used to mean that: 108: The truth is in the wine. suggests that: 109: The used key is always bright suggests that: 110: The voice of one man is the voice of no one. used to say that: 111: The way to hell is paved with good intentions. used to say that: 112: The wind cannot be caught in a net. said for : 113: The wolf changes his coat, not his nature. suggests that: 114: The work shows the workman. said to mean that: 115: There are lees to every wine. meaning: 116: There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with cream meaning that: 117: There are more ways to the wood than one. said to mean that: 118: There are no birds in last year's nest. implies that: 119: There are plenty more fish in the sea used as: 120: There are two sides to every question. meaning that: 121: There is a place for everything, and everything in its place. expression meaning that : 122: There is a reason in the roasting of eggs declares that : 123: There is always a first time encourages : 124: There is always one who kisses, and one who turns thw cheek. suggests that: 125: There is always something new out of Africa. expresses that: 126: There is luck in leisure advices: 127: There is many a good cock come out of a tattered bag. meaning that: 128: There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle. suggests that: 129: There is many a slip between cup and lip. suggests that: 130: There is measure in all things suggests that: 131: There is more than one way to kill a cat. expression meaning that : 132: There is no accounting for tastes. declares that: 133: There is no fire without smoke. meaning that: 134: There is no fool like an old fool suggests that: 135: There is no little enemy. said to mean that: 136: There is no place like home. expression meaning that : 137: There is no smoke without fire. meaning: 138: There is no such thing as a free lunch suggests that: 139: There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes. emphasizes : 140: There is none so blind as those who will not see. means that: 141: There is nothing new under the sun suggests that: 142: There is nowt so queer as folk suggests that: 143: There’s a remedy for everything, except death, implies that: 144: There’s safety in numbers, : 145: They are hand and glove. expresses that: 146: Things past cannot be recalled. said to mean that: 147: Think today and speak tomorrow. said to mean: 148: Those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers said to mean that: 149: Throw dirt enough, and some will stick. used to mean that: 150: Time and tide wait for no man. used to mean that: 151: Time cures all things. meaning that: 152: Time is money. meaning that: 153: Time is the great healer. suggests that: 154: To add fuel to the fire. said for : 155: To agree like two cats in a gutter said to mean that: 156: To angle with a silver hook. is said when: 157: To be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth. phrase that describes: 158: To be head over ears in debt. expression meaning: 159: To be in one’s birthday suit. expression meaning: 160: To be up to the ears in love. expression meaning: 161: To beat about the bush. said when: 162: To beat the air. expression meaning: 163: To bring grist to somebody’s mill. said when: 164: To build a fire under someone. meaning: 165: To buy a pig in a poke. idiom meaning that: 166: To call a spade a spade. Say something : 167: To call off the dogs. said to mean: 168: To carry coals to Newcastle. said when: 169: To cast prudence to the winds. said when: 170: To come away none the wiser. said when: 171: To come off with a whole skin. said when: 172: To come off with flying colours. said for : 173: To come out dry. said when: 174: To come out with clean hands. said for : 175: To cook a hare before catching him. said when: 176: To cry with one eye and laugh with the other. said when: 177: To draw in your horns. used to say that: 178: To draw water in a sieve. meaning: 179: To drop a bucket into an empty well. said to mean: 180: To err is human, to forgive is devine suggests that: 181: To fiddle while Rome is burning. said when: 182: To fight with one’s own shadow. said when: 183: To find a mare’s nest. meaning: 184: To fish in troubled waters. said when: 185: To flog a dead horse. said when : 186: To get out of bed on the wrong side. said when: 187: To go for wool and come home shorn. said when: 188: To go through fire and water. said to mean: 189: To have a finger in the pie. meaning: 190: To have rats in the attic. said for : 191: To kick against the pricks. said when: 192: To kill two birds with one stone. said when: 193: To know all is to forgive all meaning that: 194: To know on which side one’s bread is buttered. meaning: 195: To know what’s what. meaning: 196: To lay by for a rainy day. meaning: 197: To lead a cat and dog life said when: 198: To live from hand to mouth. said when: 199: To lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen. meaning: 200: To look for a needle in a haystack. said for : 201: To love somebody (or something) as the devil loves holy water. is used : 202: To make both ends meet. said when: 203: To make the air blue. said when: 204: To make the cup run over. said when: 205: To measure other people’s corn by your own bushel. meaning: 206: To pay one back in one’s own coin. meaning that: 207: To plough the sand. said when: 208: To pour water into a sieve. said when: 209: To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody. meaning: 210: To pull the devil by the tail. expression meaning that : 211: to put a cat among pigeons said when: 212: To put a spoke in somebody’s wheel. meaning: 213: To put off till Doomsday. said to mean: 214: To put the cart before the horse. said when: 215: To roll in money. expression meaning: 216: To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. said when: 217: To save one’s bacon. used to say: 218: To send owls to Athens said to mean: 219: To set the wolf to keep the sheep. said when: 220: To stick to somebody like a leech. meaning: 221: To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. used for: 222: To take the bull by the horns. meaning: 223: To teach the dog to bark. used when: 224: To the pure all things are pure, suggests that: 225: To throw dust in somebody’s eyes. meaning: 226: To throw straws against the wind. said to mean: 227: To treat somebody with a dose of his own medicine. meaning: 228: To use a steam-hammer to crack nuts. said when: 229: To wash one’s dirty linen in public. said when: 230: To wear one’s heart upon one’s sleeve. said for : 231: To work with the left hand. is used: 232: Too many cooks spoil the broth. said when: 233: Too much knowledge makes the head bald. means that: 234: Too much of a good thing is good for nothing. means that: 235: Too much water drowned the miller . means that: 236: Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. expresses that: 237: True blue will never stain. is meaning that: 238: True coral needs no painter’s brush meaning that: 239: Truth is stranger than fiction. suggests that: 240: Truth lies at the bottom of a well. means that: 241: Two blacks do not make a white. expresses that: 242: Two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all. said to mean that: 243: Two heads are better than one. means that: 244: Two is company, but three is none. expresses that: 245: Two is company, three is a crowd said when: |
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