- A Bad Beginning Makes A Bad Ending.
- A Bad Corn Promise Is Better Than A Good Lawsuit.
- A Bad Workman Quarrels With His Tools.
- A Bargain Is A Bargain.
- A Beggar Can Never Be Bankrupt.
- A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush.
- A Bird May Be Known By Its Song.
- A Black Hen Lays A White Egg.
- A Blind Leader Of The Blind.
- A Blind Man Would Be Glad To See.
- A Broken Friendship May Be Soldered, But Will Never Be Sound.
- A Burden Of One's Own Choice Is Not Felt.
- A Burnt Child Dreads The Fire.
- A Cat In Gloves Catches No Mice.
- A City That Parleys Is Half Gotten.
- A Civil Denial Is Better Than A Rude Grant.
- A Clean Fast Is Better Than A Dirty Breakfast.
- A Clean Hand Wants No Washing.
- A Clear Conscience Laughs At False Accusations.
- A Close Mouth Catches No Flies.
- A Cock Is Valiant On His Own Dunghill.
- A Cracked Bell Can Never Sound Well.
- A Creaking Door Hangs Long On Its Hinges.
- A Curst Cow Has Short Horns.
- A Danger Foreseen Is Half Avoided.
- A Drop In The Bucket.
- A Drowning Man Will Catch At A Straw.
- A Fair Face May Hide A Foul Heart.
- A Fault Confessed Is Half Redressed.
- A Fly In The Ointment.
- A Fool Always Rushes To The Fore.
- A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted.
- A Fool At Forty Is A Fool Indeed.
- A Fool May Ask More Questions In An Hour Than A Wise Man Can Answer In Seven Years.
- A Fool May Throw A Stone Into A Well Which A Hundred Wise Men Cannot Pull Out.
- A Fool's Tongue Runs Before His Wit.
- A Forced Kindness Deserves No Thanks.
- A Foul Morn May Turn To A Fair Day.
- A Fox Is Not Taken Twice In The Same Snare.
- A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed.
- A Friend Is Never Known Till Needed.
- A Friend To All Is A Friend To None.
- A Friend's Frown Is Better Than A Foe's Smile.
- A Good Anvil Does Not Fear The Hammer.
- A Good Beginning Is Half The Battle.
- A Good Beginning Makes A Good Ending.
- A Good Deed Is Never Lost.
- A Good Dog Deserves A Good Bone.
- A Good Example Is The Best Sermon.
- A Good Face Is A Letter Of Recommendation.
- A Good Jack Makes A Good Jill.
- A Good Marksman May Miss.
- A Good Name Is Better Than Riches.
- A Good Name Is Sooner Lost Than Won.
- A Good Name Keeps Its Lustre In The Dark.
- A Good Wife Makes A Good Husband.
- A Great Dowry Is A Bed Full Of Brambles.
- A Great Fortune Is A Great Slavery.
- A Great Ship Asks Deep Waters.
- A Guilty Conscience Needs No Accuser.
- A Hard Nut To Crack.
- A Heavy Purse Makes A Light Heart.
- A Hedge Between Keeps Friendship Green.
- A Honey Tongue, A Heart Of Gall.
- A Hungry Belly Has No Ears.
- A Hungry Man Is An Angry Man.
- A Jack Of All Trades Is Master Of None.
- A Joke Never Gains An Enemy But Often Loses A Friend.
- A Lawyer Never Goes To Law Himself.
- A Lazy Sheep Thinks Its Wool Heavy.
- A Liar Is Not Believed When He Speaks The Truth.
- A Lie Begets A Lie.
- A Light Purse Is A Heavy Curse.
- A Light Purse Makes A Heavy Heart.
- A Little Body Often Harbours A Great Soul.
- A Little Fire Is Quickly Trodden Out.
- A Man Can Die But Once.
- A Man Can Do No More Than He Can.
- A Man Is Known By The Company He Keeps.
- A Man Of Words And Not Of Deeds Is Like A Garden Full Of Weeds.
- A Miserly Father Makes A Prodigal Son.
- A Miss Is As Good As A Mile.
- A New Broom Sweeps Clean.
- A Nod From A Lord Is A Breakfast For A Fool.
- A Penny Saved Is A Penny Gained.
- A Penny Soul Never Came To Twopence.
- A Quiet Conscience Sleeps In Thunder.
- A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss.
- A Round Peg In A Square Hole.
- A Shy Cat Makes A Proud Mouse.
- A Silent Fool Is Counted Wise.
- A Small Leak Will Sink A Great Ship.
- A Soft Answer Turns Away Wrath.
- A Sound Mind In A Sound Body.
- A Stitch In Time Saves Nine.
- A Storm In A Teacup.
- A Tattler Is Worse Than A Thief.
- A Thief Knows A Thief As A Wolf Knows A Wolf.
- A Thief Passes For A Gentleman When Stealing Has Made Him Rich.
- A Threatened Blow Is Seldom Given.
- A Tree Is Known By Its Fruit.
- A Wager Is A Fool's Argument.
- A Watched Pot Never Boils.
- A Wise Man Changes His Mind, A Fool Never Will.
- A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing.
- A Wonder Lasts But Nine Days.
- A Word Is Enough To The Wise.
- A Word Spoken Is Past Recalling.
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words.
- Adversity Is A Great Schoolmaster.
- Adversity Makes Strange Bedfellows.
- After A Storm Comes A Calm.
- After Dinner Comes The Reckoning.
- After Dinner Sit (Sleep) A While, After Supper Walk A Mile.
- After Rain Comes Fair Weather.
- After Us The Deluge.
- Agues Come On Horseback, But Go Away On Foot.
- All Are Good Lasses, But Whence Come The Bad Wives?
- All Are Not Friends That Speak Us Fair.
- All Are Not Hunters That Blow The Horn.
- All Are Not Merry That Dance Lightly.
- All Are Not Saints That Go To Church.
- All Asses Wag Their Ears.
- All Bread Is Not Baked In One Oven.
- All Cats Are Grey In The Dark (In The Night).
- All Covet, All Lose.
- All Doors Open To Courtesy.
- All Is Fish That Comes To His Net.
- All Is Not Lost That Is In Peril.
- All Is Well That Ends Well.
- All Lay Load On The Willing Horse.
- All Men Can't Be First.
- All Men Can't Be Masters.
- All Promises Are Either Broken Or Kept.
- All Roads Lead To Rome .
- All Sugar And Honey.
- All That Glitters Is Not Gold.
- All Things Are Difficult Before They Are Easy.
- All Truths Are Not To Be Told.
- All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy.
- "Almost" Never Killed A Fly (Was Never Hanged).
- Among The Blind The One-Eyed Man Is King.
- An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away.
- An Ass In A Lion's Skin.
- An Ass Is But An Ass, Though Laden With Gold.
- An Ass Loaded With Gold Climbs To The Top Of The Castle.
- An Empty Hand Is No Lure For A Hawk.
- An Empty Sack Cannot Stand Upright.
- An Empty Vessel Gives A Greater Sound Than A Full Barrel.
- An Evil Chance Seldom Comes Alone.
- An Honest Tale Speeds Best, Being Plainly Told.
- An Hour In The Morning Is Worth Two In The Evening.
- An Idle Brain Is The Devil's Workshop.
- An Ill Wound Is Cured, Not An Ill Name.
- An Oak Is Not Felled At One Stroke.
- An Old Dog Barks Not In Vain.
- An Open Door May Tempt A Saint.
- An Ounce Of Discretion Is Worth A Pound Of Learning.
- An Ox Is Taken By The Horns, And A Man By The Tongue.
- An Unfortunate Man Would Be Drowned In A Teacup.
- Anger And Haste Hinder Good Counsel.
- Any Port In A Storm.
- Appearances Are Deceitful.
- Appetite Comes With Eating.
- As Drunk As A Lord.
- As Innocent As A Babe Unborn.
- As Like As An Apple To An Oyster.
- As Like As Two Peas.
- As Old As The Hills.
- As Plain As The Nose On A Man's Face.
- As Plain As Two And Two Make Four.
- As Snug As A Bug In A Rug .
- As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs.
- As The Call, So The Echo.
- As The Fool Thinks, So The Bell Clinks.
- As The Old Cock Crows, So Does The Young.
- As The Tree Falls, So Shall It Lie.
- As The Tree, So The Fruit.
- As Welcome As Flowers In May.
- As Welcome As Water In One's Shoes.
- As Well Be Hanged For A Sheep As For A Lamb.
- As You Brew, So Must You Drink.
- As You Make Your Bed, So Must You Lie On It.
- As You Sow, So Shall You Reap.
- Ask No Questions And You Will Be Told No Lies.
- At The Ends Of The Earth.
- Bacchus Has Drowned More Men Than Neptune .
- Bad News Has Wings.
- Barking Does Seldom Bite.
- Be Slow To Promise And Quick To Perform.
- Be Swift To Hear, Slow To Speak.
- Beauty Is But Skin-Deep.
- Beauty Lies In Lover's Eyes.
- Before One Can Say Jack Robinson.
- Before You Make A Friend Eat A Bushel Of Salt With Him.
- Beggars Cannot Be Choosers.
- Believe Not All That You See Nor Half What You Hear.
- Best Defence Is Offence.
- Better A Glorious Death Than A Shameful Life.
- Better A Lean Peace Than A Fat Victory.
- Better A Little Fire To Warm Us, Than A Great One To Burn Us.
- Better An Egg Today Than A Hen Tomorrow.
- Better An Open Enemy Than A False Friend.
- Better Be Alone Than In Bad Company.
- Better Be Born Lucky Than Rich.
- Better Be Envied Than Pitied.
- Better Be The Head Of A Dog Than The Tail Of A Lion.
- Better Deny At Once Than Promise Long.
- Better Die Standing Than Live Kneeling.
- Better Early Than Late.
- Better Give A Shilling Than Lend A Half-Crown.
- Better Go To Bed Supperless Than Rise In Debt.
- Better Late Than Never.
- Better Lose A Jest Than A Friend.
- Better One-Eyed Than Stone-Blind.
- Better The Devil You Know Than The Devil You Don't.
- Better The Foot Slip Than The Tongue.
- Better To Do Well Than To Say Well.
- Better To Reign In Hell, Than Serve In Heaven.
- Better Unborn Than Untaught.
- Better Untaught Than Ill-Taught.
- Between The Cup And The Lip A Morsel May Slip.
- Between The Devil And The Deep (Blue) Sea.
- Between Two Evils 'Tis Not Worth Choosing.
- Between Two Stools One Goes (Falls) To The Ground.
- Between The Upper And Nether Millstone.
- Betwixt And Between.
- Beware Of A Silent Dog And Still Water.
- Bind The Sack Before It Be Full.
- Birds Of A Feather Flock Together.
- Blind Men Can Judge No Colours.
- Blood Is Thicker Than Water.
- Borrowed Garments Never Fit Well.
- Brevity Is The Soul Of Wit.
- Burn Not Your House To Rid It Of The Mouse.
- Business Before Pleasure.
- By Doing Nothing We Learn To Do Ill.
- By Hook Or By Crook.
- By The Street Of 'By-And-Bye' One Arrives At The House Of 'Never'.
- Calamity Is Man's True Touchstone.
- Care Killed The Cat.
- Catch The Bear Before You Sell His Skin.
- Caution Is The Parent Of Safety.
- Charity Begins At Home.
- Cheapest Is The Dearest.
- Cheek Brings Success.
- Children And Fools Must Not Play With Edged Tools.
- Children Are Poor Men's Riches.
- Choose An Author As You Choose A Friend.
- Christmas Comes But Once A Year, (But When It Comes It Brings Good Cheer).
- Circumstances Alter Cases.
- Claw Me, And I Will Claw Thee.
- Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness.
- Company In Distress Makes Trouble Less.
- Confession Is The First Step To Repentance.
- Counsel Is No Command.
- Creditors Have Better Memories Than Debtors.
- Cross The Stream Where It Is Shallowest.
- Crows Do Not Pick Crow's Eyes.
- Curiosity Killed A Cat.
- Curses Like Chickens Come Home To Roost.
- Custom Is A Second Nature.
- Custom Is The Plague Of Wise Men And The Idol Of Fools.
- Cut Your Coat According To Your Cloth.
- Death Is The Grand Leveller.
- Death Pays All Debts.
- Death When It Comes Will Have No Denial.
- Debt Is The Worst Poverty.
- Deeds, Not Words.
- Delays Are Dangerous.
- Desperate Diseases Must Have Desperate Remedies.
- Diligence Is The Mother Of Success (Good Luck).
- Diseases Are The Interests Of Pleasures.
- Divide And Rule.
- Do As You Would Be Done By.
- Dog Does Not Eat Dog.
- Dog Eats Dog.
- Dogs That Put Up Many Hares Kill None.
- Doing Is Better Than Saying.
- Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Are Hatched.
- Don't Cross The Bridges Before You Come To Them.
- Don't Have Thy Cloak To Make When It Begins To Rain.
- Don't Keep A Dog And Bark Yourself.
- Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth.
- Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket.
- Don't Sell The Bear's Skin Before You've Caught It.
- Don't Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles You.
- Don't Whistle (Halloo) Until You Are Out Of The Wood.
- Dot Your I's And Cross Your T's.
- Draw Not Your Bow Till Your Arrow Is Fixed.
- Drive The Nail That Will Go.
- Drunken Days Have All Their Tomorrow.
- Drunkenness Reveals What Soberness Conceals.
- Dumb Dogs Are Dangerous.
- Each Bird Loves To Hear Himself Sing.
- Early To Bed And Early To Rise Makes A Man Healthy, Wealthy And Wise.
- Easier Said Than Done.
- East Or West ? Home Is Best.
- Easy Come, Easy Go.
- Eat At Pleasure, Drink With Measure.
- Empty Vessels Make The Greatest (The Most) Sound.
- Enough Is As Good As A Feast.
- Envy Shoots At Others And Wounds Herself.
- Even Reckoning Makes Long Friends.
- Every Ass Loves To Hear Himself Bray.
- Every Barber Knows That.
- Every Bean Has Its Black.
- Every Bird Likes Its Own Nest.
- Every Bullet Has Its Billet.
- Every Country Has Its Customs.
- Every Dark Cloud Has A Silver Lining.
- Every Day Is Not Sunday.
- Every Dog Has His Day.
- Every Dog Is A Lion At Home.
- Every Dog Is Valiant At His Own Door.
- Every Jack Has His Jill.
- Every Man Has A Fool In His Sleeve.
- Every Man Has His Faults.
- Every Man Has His Hobby-Horse.
- Every Man Is The Architect Of His Own Fortunes.
- Every Man To His Taste.
- Every Miller Draws Water To His Own Mill.
- Every Mother Thinks Her Own Gosling A Swan.
- Every One's Faults Are Not Written In Their Foreheads.
- Every Tub Must Stand On Its Own Bottom.
- Every White Has Its Black, And Every Sweet Its Sour.
- Every Why Has A Wherefore.
- Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business.
- Everything Comes To Him Who Waits.
- Everything Is Good In Its Season.
- Evil Communications Corrupt Good Manners.
- Experience Is The Mother Of Wisdom.
- Experience Keeps A Dear School, But Fools Learn In No Other.
- Experience Keeps No School, She Teaches Her Pupils Singly.
- Extremes Meet.
- Facts Are Stubborn Things.
- Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady.
- Fair Without, Foul (False) Within.
- Fair Words Break No Bones.
- False Friends Are Worse Than Open Enemies.
- Familiarity Breeds Contempt.
- Far From Eye, Far From Heart.
- Fasting Comes After Feasting.
- Faults Are Thick Where Love Is Thin.
- Feast Today And Fast Tomorrow.
- Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds.
- Fine Words Butter No Parsnips.
- First Catch Your Hare.
- First Come, First Served.
- First Deserve And Then Desire.
- First Think, Then Speak.
- Fish And Company Stink In Three Days.
- Fish Begins To Stink At The Head.
- Follow The River And You'll Get To The Sea.
- Fool's Haste Is No Speed.
- Fools And Madmen Speak The Truth.
- Fools Grow Without Watering.
- Fools May Sometimes Speak To The Purpose.
- Fools Never Know When They Are Well.
- Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear To Tread.
- For The Love Of The Game.
- Forbearance Is No Acquittance.
- Forbidden Fruit Is Sweet.
- Forewarned Is Forearmed.
- Fortune Favours The Brave (The Bold).
- Fortune Is Easily Found, But Hard To Be Kept.
- Four Eyes See More (Better) Than Two.
- Friends Are Thieves Of Time.
- From Bad To Worse.
- From Pillar To Post.
- Gentility Without Ability Is Worse Than Plain Beggary.
- Get A Name To Rise Early, And You May Lie All Day.
- Gifts From Enemies Are Dangerous.
- Give A Fool Rope Enough, And He Will Hang Himself.
- Give Every Man Thy Ear, But Few Thy Voice.
- Give Him An Inch And He'll Take An Ell.
- Give Never The Wolf The Wether To Keep.
- Gluttony Kills More Men Than The Sword.
- Go To Bed With The Lamb And Rise With The Lark.
- Good Clothes Open All Doors.
- Good Counsel Does No Harm.
- Good Health Is Above Wealth.
- Good Masters Make Good Servants.
- Good Words And No Deeds.
- Good Words Without Deeds Are Rushes And Reeds.
- Gossiping And Lying Go Hand In Hand.
- Grasp All, Lose All.
- Great Barkers Are No Biters.
- Great Boast, Small Roast.
- Great Cry And Little Wool.
- Great Spenders Are Bad Lenders.
- Great Talkers Are Great Liars.
- Great Talkers Are Little Doers.
- Greedy Folk Have Long Arms.
- Habit Cures Habit.
- Half A Loaf Is Better Than No Bread.
- "Hamlet" Without The Prince Of Denmark .
- Handsome Is That Handsome Does.
- Happiness Takes No Account Of Time.
- Happy Is He That Is Happy In His Children.
- Hard Words Break No Bones.
- Hares May Pull Dead Lions By The Beard.
- Harm Watch, Harm Catch.
- Haste Makes Waste.
- Hasty Climbers Have Sudden Falls.
- Hate Not At The First Harm.
- Hatred Is Blind, As Well As Love.
- Hawks Will Not Pick Hawks' Eyes.
- He Begins To Die That Quits His Desires.
- He Cannot Speak Well That Cannot Hold His Tongue.
- He Carries Fire In One Hand And Water In The Other.
- He Dances Well To Whom Fortune Pipes.
- He Gives Twice Who Gives In A Trice.
- He Goes Long Barefoot That Waits For Dead Man's Shoes.
- He Is A Fool That Forgets Himself.
- He Is A Good Friend That Speaks Well Of Us Behind Our Backs.
- He Is Happy That Thinks Himself So.
- He Is Lifeless That Is Faultless.
- He Is Not Fit To Command Others That Cannot Command Himself.
- He Is Not Laughed At That Laughs At Himself First.
- He Is Not Poor That Has Little, But He That Desires Much.
- He Jests At Scars That Never Felt A Wound.
- He Knows Best What Good Is That Has Endured Evil.
- He Knows How Many Beans Make Five.
- He Knows Much Who Knows How To Hold His Tongue.
- He Laughs Best Who Laughs Last.
- He Lives Long That Lives Well.
- He Must Needs Swim That Is Held Up By The Chin.
- He Should Have A Long Spoon That Sups With The Devil.
- He Smells Best That Smells Of Nothing.
- He That Comes First To The Hill May Sit Where He Will.
- He That Commits A Fault Thinks Everyone Speaks Of It.
- He That Does You An I!I Turn Will Never Forgive You.
- He That Fears Every Bush Must Never Go A-Birding.
- He That Fears You Present Will Hate You Absent.
- He That Goes A Borrowing, Goes A Sorrowing.
- He That Goes Barefoot Must Not Plant Thorns.
- He That Has A Full Purse Never Wanted A Friend.
- He That Has A Great Nose Thinks Everybody Is Speaking Of It.
- He That Has An Ill Name Is Half Hanged.
- He That Has No Children Knows Not What Love Is.
- He That Has He Head Needs No Hat.
- He That Has No Money Needs No Purse.
- He That Is Born To Be Hanged Shall Never Be Drowned.
- He That Is Full Of Himself Is Very Empty.
- He That Is Ill To Himself Will Be Good To Nobody.
- He That Is Warm Thinks All So.
- He That Knows Nothing Doubts Nothing.
- He That Lies Down With Dogs Must Rise Up With Fleas.
- He That Lives With Cripples Learns To Limp.
- He That Mischief Hatches, Mischief Catches.
- He That Never Climbed Never Fell.
- He That Once Deceives Is Ever Suspected.
- He That Promises Too Much Means Nothing.
- He That Respects Not Is Not Respected.
- He That Seeks Trouble Never Misses.
- He That Serves Everybody Is Paid By Nobody.
- He That Serves God For Money Will Serve The Devil For Better Wages.
- He That Spares The Bad Injures The Good.
- He That Talks Much Errs Much.
- He That Talks Much Lies Much.
- He That Will Eat The Kernel Must Crack The Nut.
- He That Will Not When He May, When He Will He Shall Have Nay.
- He That Will Steal An Egg Will Steal An Ox.
- He That Will Thrive, Must Rise At Five.
- He That Would Eat The Fruit Must Climb The Tree.
- He That Would Have Eggs Must Endure The Cackling Of Hens.
- He Who Is Born A Fool Is Never Cured.
- He Who Hesitates Is Lost.
- He Who Likes Borrowing Dislikes Paying.
- He Who Makes No Mistakes, Makes Nothing.
- He Who Pleased Everybody Died Before He Was Born.
- He Who Says What He Likes, Shall Hear What He Doesn't Like.
- He Who Would Catch Fish Must Not Mind Getting Wet.
- He Who Would Eat The Nut Must First Crack The Shell.
- He Who Would Search For Pearls Must Dive Below.
- He Will Never Set The Thames On Fire.
- He Works Best Who Knows His Trade.
- Head Cook And Bottle-Washer.
- Health Is Not Valued Till Sickness Comes.
- His Money Burns A Hole In His Pocket.
- Honesty Is The Best Policy.
- Honey Is Not For The Ass's Mouth.
- Honey Is Sweet, But The Bee Stings.
- Honour And Profit Lie Not In One Sack.
- Honours Change Manners.
- Hope Is A Good Breakfast, But A Bad Supper.
- Hope Is The Poor Man's Bread.
- Hunger Breaks Stone Walls.
- Hunger Finds No Fault With Cookery.
- Hunger Is The Best Sauce.
- Hungry Bellies Have No Ears.
- Idle Folks Lack No Excuses.
- Idleness Is The Mother Of All Evil.
- Idleness Rusts The Mind.
- If An Ass (Donkey) Bray At You, Don't Bray At Him.
- If Ifs And Ans Were Pots And Pans...
- If My Aunt Had Been A Man, She'd Have Been My Uncle.
- If The Blind Lead The Blind, Both Shall Fall Into The Ditch.
- If The Sky Falls, We Shall Catch Larks.
- If There Were No Clouds, We Should Not Enjoy The Sun.
- If Things Were To Be Done Twice All Would Be Wise.
- If We Can't As We Would, We Must Do As We Can.
- If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Might Ride.
- If You Agree To Carry The Calf, They'll Make You Carry The Cow.
- If You Cannot Bite, Never Show Your Teeth.
- If You Cannot Have The Best, Make The Best Of What You Have.
- If You Dance You Must Pay The Fiddler.
- If You Laugh Before Breakfast You'll Cry Before Supper.
- If You Run After Two Hares, You Will Catch Neither.
- If You Sell The Cow, You Sell Her Milk Too.
- If You Throw Mud Enough, Some Of It Will Stick.
- If You Try To Please All You Will Please None.
- If You Want A Thing Well Done, Do It Yourself.
- Ill-Gotten Gains Never Prosper.
- Ill-Gotten, Ill-Spent.
- In Every Beginning Think Of The End.
- In For A Penny, In For A Pound.
- In The Country Of The Blind One-Eyed Man Is A King.
- In The End Things Will Mend.
- In The Evening One May Praise The Day.
- Iron Hand (Fist) In A Velvet Glove.
- It Is A Good Horse That Never Stumbles.
- It Is A Long Lane That Has No Turning.
- It Is A Poor Mouse That Has Only One Hole.
- It Is An Ill Bird That Fouls Its Own Nest.
- It Is An Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good.
- It Is A Silly Fish, That Is Caught Twice With The Same Bait.
- It Is Easy To Swim If Another Hoids Up Your Chin (Head).
- It Is Enough To Make A Cat Laugh.
- It Is Good Fishing In Troubled Waters.
- It Is Never Too Late To Learn.
- It Is No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk.
- It Is The First Step That Costs.
- It Never Rains But It Pours.
- It's As Broad As It's Long.
- It's No Use Pumping A Dry Well.
- It's One Thing To Flourish And Another To Fight.
- It Takes All Sorts To Make A World.
- Jackdaw In Peacock's Feathers.
- Jest With An Ass And He Will Flap You In The Face With His Tail.
- Judge Not Of Men And Things At First Sight.
- Just As The Twig Is Bent, The Tree Is Inclined.
- Keep A Thing Seven Years And You Will Find A Use For It.
- Keep Your Mouth Shut And Your Ears Open.
- Keep Your Mouth Shut And Your Eyes Open.
- Last, But Not Least.
- Laws Catch Flies, But Let Hornets Go Free.
- Learn To Creep Before You Leap.
- Learn To Say Before You Sing.
- Learn Wisdom By The Follies Of Others.
- Least Said, Soonest Mended.
- Leaves Without Figs.
- Let Bygones Be Bygones.
- Let Every Man Praise The Bridge He Goes Over.
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie.
- Let Well (Enough) Alone.
- Liars Need Good Memories.
- Lies Have Short Legs.
- Life Is But A Span.
- Life Is Not A Bed Of Roses.
- Life Is Not All Cakes And Ale (Beer And Skittles).
- Like A Cat On Hot Bricks.
- Like A Needle In A Haystack.
- Like Begets Like.
- Like Cures Like.
- Like Father, Like Son.
- Like Draws To Like.
- Like Master, Like Man.
- Like Mother, Like Daughter.
- Like Parents, Like Children.
- Like Priest, Like People.
- Like Teacher, Like Pupil.
- Little Chips Light Great Fires.
- Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing.
- Little Pigeons Can Carry Great Messages.
- Little Pitchers Have Long Ears.
- Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks.
- Little Thieves Are Hanged, But Great Ones Escape.
- Little Things Amuse Little Minds.
- Live And Learn.
- Live And Let Live.
- Live Not To Eat, But Eat To Live.
- Long Absent, Soon Forgotten.
- Look Before You Leap.
- Look Before You Leap, But Having Leapt Never Look Back.
- Lookers-On See More Than Players.
- Lord (God, Heaven) Helps Those (Them) Who Help Themselves.
- Lost Time Is Never Found Again.
- Love Cannot Be Forced.
- Love In A Cottage.
- Love Is Blind, As Well As Hatred.
- Love Me, Love My Dog.
- Love Will Creep Where It May Not Go.
- Make Haste Slowly.
- Make Hay While The Sun Shines.
- Make Or Mar.
- Man Proposes But God Disposes.
- Many A Fine Dish Has Nothing On It.
- Many A Good Cow Has A Bad Calf.
- Many A Good Father Has But A Bad Son.
- Many A Little Makes A Mickle.
- Many A True Word Is Spoken In Jest.
- Many Hands Make Light Work.
- Many Men, Many Minds.
- Many Words Hurt More Than Swords.
- Many Words Will Not Fill A Bushel.
- Marriages Are Made In Heaven.
- Measure For Measure.
- Measure Thrice And Cut Once.
- Men May Meet But Mountains Never.
- Mend Or End (End Or Mend).
- Might Goes Before Right.
- Misfortunes Never Come Alone (Singly).
- Misfortunes Tell Us What Fortune Is.
- Money Begets Money.
- Money Has No Smell.
- Money Is A Good Servant But A Bad Master.
- Money Often Unmakes The Men Who Make It.
- Money Spent On The Brain Is Never Spent In Vain.
- More Haste, Less Speed.
- Much Ado About Nothing.
- Much Will Have More.
- Muck And Money Go Together.
- Murder Will Out.
- My House Is My Castle.
- Name Not A Rope In His House That Was Hanged.
- Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention.
- Necessity Knows No Law.
- Neck Or Nothing.
- Need Makes The Old Wife Trot.
- Needs Must When The Devil Drives.
- Neither Fish Nor Flesh.
- Neither Here Nor There.
- Neither Rhyme Nor Reason.
- Never Cackle Till Your Egg Is Laid.
- Never Cast Dirt Into That Fountain Of Which You Have Sometime Drunk.
- Never Do Things By Halves.
- Never Fry A Fish Till It's Caught.
- Never Offer To Teach Fish To Swim.
- Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Do (Can Be Done) Today.
- Never Quit Certainty For Hope.
- Never Too Much Of A Good Thing.
- Never Try To Prove What Nobody Doubts.
- Never Write What You Dare Not Sign.
- New Brooms Sweep Clean.
- New Lords, New Laws.
- Nightingales Will Not Sing In A Cage.
- No Flying From Fate.
- No Garden Without Its Weeds.
- No Great Loss Without Some Small Gain.
- No Herb Will Cure Love.
- No Joy Without Alloy.
- No Living Man All Things Can.
- No Longer Pipe, No Longer Dance.
- No Man Is Wise At All Times.
- No Man Loves His Fetters, Be They Made Of Gold.
- No News (Is) Good News.
- No Pains, No Gains.
- No Song, No Supper.
- No Sweet Without (Some) Sweat.
- No Wisdom Like Silence.
- None But The Brave Deserve The Fair.
- None So Blind As Those Who Won't See.
- None So Deaf As Those That Won't Hear.
- Nothing Comes Out Of The Sack But What Was In It.
- Nothing Is Impossible To A Willing Heart.
- Nothing Must Be Done Hastily But Killing Of Fleas.
- Nothing So Bad, As Not To Be Good For Something.
- Nothing Succeeds Like Success.
- Nothing Venture, Nothing Have.
- Oaks May Fall When Reeds Stand The Storm.
- Of Two Evils Choose The Least.
- Old Birds Are Not Caught With Chaff.
- Old Friends And Old Wine Are Best.
- On Shank's Mare.
- Once Bitten, Twice Shy.
- Once Is No Rule (Custom).
- One Beats The Bush, And Another Catches The Bird.
- One Chick Keeps A Hen Busy.
- One Drop Of Poison Infects The Whole Tun Of Wine.
- One Fire Drives Out Another.
- One Good Turn Deserves Another.
- One Law For The Rich, And Another For The Poor.
- One Lie Makes Many.
- One Link Broken, The Whole Chain Is Broken.
- One Man, No Man.
- One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Poison.
- One Scabby Sheep Will Mar A Whole Flock.
- One Swallow Does Not Make A Summer.
- One Today Is Worth Two Tomorrow.
- Open Not Your Door When The Devil Knocks.
- Opinions Differ.
- Opportunity Makes The Thief.
- Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind.
- Out Of The Frying-Pan Into The Fire.
- Packed Like Herrings.
- Patience Is A Plaster For All Sores.
- Penny-Wise And Pound-Foolish.
- Pleasure Has A Sting In Its Tail.
- Plenty Is No Plague.
- Politeness Costs Little (Nothing), But Yields Much.
- Poverty Is No Sin.
- Poverty Is Not A Shame, But The Being Ashamed Of It Is.
- Practise What You Preach.
- Praise Is Not Pudding.
- Pride Goes Before A Fall.
- Procrastination Is The Thief Of Time.
- Promise Is Debt.
- Promise Little, But Do Much.
- Prosperity Makes Friends, And Adversity Tries Them.
- Put Not Your Hand Between The Bark And The Tree.
- Rain At Seven, Fine At Eleven.
- Rats Desert A Sinking Ship.
- Repentance Is Good, But Innocence Is Better.
- Respect Yourself, Or No One Else Will Respect You.
- Roll My Log And I Will Roll Yours.
- Rome Was Not Built In A Day.
- Salt Water And Absence Wash Away Love.
- Saying And Doing Are Two Things.
- Score Twice Before You Cut Once.
- Scornful Dogs Will Eat Dirty Puddings.
- Scratch My Back And I'll Scratch Yours.
- Self Done Is Soon Done.
- Self Done Is Well Done.
- Self Is A Bad Counsellor.
- Self-Praise Is No Recommendation.
- Set A Beggar On Horseback And He'll Ride To The Devil.
- Set A Thief To Catch A Thief.
- Shallow Streams Make Most Din.
- Short Debts (Accounts) Make Long Friends.
- Silence Gives Consent.
- Since Adam Was A Boy.
- Sink Or Swim!
- Six Of One And Half A Dozen Of The Other.
- Slow And Steady Wins The Race.
- Slow But Sure.
- Small Rain Lays Great Dust.
- So Many Countries, So Many Customs.
- So Many Men, So Many Minds.
- Soft Fire Makes Sweet Malt.
- Something Is Rotten In The State Of Denmark .
- Soon Learnt, Soon Forgotten.
- Soon Ripe, Soon Rotten.
- Speak (Talk) Of The Devil And He Will Appear (Is Sure To Appear).
- Speech Is Silver But Silence Is Gold.
- Standers-By See More Than Gamesters.
- Still Waters Run Deep.
- Stolen Pleasures Are Sweetest.
- Stretch Your Arm No Further Than Your Sleeve Will Reach.
- Stretch Your Legs According To The Coverlet.
- Strike While The Iron Is Hot.
- Stuff Today And Starve Tomorrow.
- Success Is Never Blamed.
- Such Carpenters, Such Chips.
- Sweep Before Your Own Door.
- Take Care Of The Pence And The Pounds Will Take Care Of Themselves.
- Take Us As You Find Us.
- Tarred With The Same Brush.
- Tastes Differ.
- Tell That To The Marines.
- That Cock Won't Fight.
- That Which One Least Anticipates Soonest Comes To Pass.
- That's A Horse Of Another Colour.
- That's Where The Shoe Pinches!
- The Beggar May Sing Before The Thief (Before A Footpad).
- The Best Fish Smell When They Are Three Days Old.
- The Best Fish Swim Near The Bottom.
- The Best Is Oftentimes The Enemy Of The Good.
- The Busiest Man Finds The Most Leisure.
- The Camel Going To Seek Horns Lost His Ears.
- The Cap Fits.
- The Cask Savours Of The First Fill.
- The Cat Shuts Its Eyes When Stealing Cream.
- The Cat Would Eat Fish And Would Not Wet Her Paws.
- The Chain Is No Stronger Than Its Weakest Link.
- The Cobbler Should Stick To His Last.
- The Cobbler's Wife Is The Worst Shod.
- The Darkest Hour Is That Before The Dawn.
- The Darkest Place Is Under The Candlestick.
- The Devil Is Not So Black As He Is Painted.
- The Devil Knows Many Things Because He Is Old.
- The Devil Lurks Behind The Cross.
- The Devil Rebuking Sin.
- The Dogs Bark, But The Caravan Goes On.
- The Dutch Have Taken Holland !
- The Early Bird Catches The Worm.
- The End Crowns The Work.
- The End Justifies The Means.
- The Evils We Bring On Ourselves Are Hardest To Bear.
- The Exception Proves The Rule.
- The Face Is The Index Of The Mind.
- The Falling Out Of Lovers Is The Renewing Of Love.
- The Fat Is In The Fire.
- The First Blow Is Half The Battle.
- The Furthest Way About Is The Nearest Way Home.
- The Game Is Not Worth The Candle.
- The Heart That Once Truly Loves Never Forgets.
- The Higher The Ape Goes, The More He Shows His Tail.
- The Last Drop Makes The Cup Run Over.
- The Last Straw Breaks The Camel's Back.
- The Leopard Cannot Change Its Spots.
- The Longest Day Has An End.
- The Mill Cannot Grind With The Water That Is Past.
- The Moon Does Not Heed The Barking Of Dogs.
- The More Haste, The Less Speed.
- The More The Merrier.
- The Morning Sun Never Lasts A Day.
- The Mountain Has Brought Forth A Mouse.
- The Nearer The Bone, The Sweeter The Flesh.
- The Pitcher Goes Often To The Well But Is Broken At Last.
- The Pot Calls The Kettle Black.
- The Proof Of The Pudding Is In The Eating.
- The Receiver Is As Bad As The Thief.
- The Remedy Is Worse Than The Disease.
- The Rotten Apple Injures Its Neighbours.
- The Scalded Dog Fears Cold Water.
- The Tailor Makes The Man.
- The Tongue Of Idle Persons Is Never Idle.
- The Voice Of One Man Is The Voice Of No One.
- The Way (The Road) To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions.
- The Wind Cannot Be Caught In A Net.
- The Work Shows The Workman.
- There Are Lees To Every Wine.
- There Are More Ways To The Wood Than One.
- There Is A Place For Everything, And Everything In Its Place.
- There Is More Than One Way To Kill A Cat.
- There Is No Fire Without Smoke.
- There Is No Place Like Home.
- There Is No Rose Without A Thorn.
- There Is No Rule Without An Exception.
- There Is No Smoke Without Fire.
- There's Many A Slip 'Tween (== Between) The Cup And The Lip.
- There's No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk.
- They Are Hand And Glove.
- They Must Hunger In Winter That Will Not Work In Summer.
- Things Past Cannot Be Recalled.
- Think Today And Speak Tomorrow.
- Those Who Live In Glass Houses Should Not Throw Stones.
- Time And Tide Wait For No Man.
- Time Cures All Things.
- Time Is Money.
- Time Is The Great Healer.
- Time Works Wonders.
- To Add Fuel (Oil) To The Fire (Flames).
- To Angle With A Silver Hook.
- To Be Born With A Silver Spoon In One's Mouth.
- To Be Head Over Ears In Debt.
- To Be In One's Birthday Suit.
- To Be Up To The Ears In Love.
- To Be Wise Behind The Hand.
- To Beat About The Bush.
- To Beat The Air.
- To Bring Grist To Somebody's Mill.
- To Build A Fire Under Oneself.
- To Buy A Pig In A Poke.
- To Call A Spade A Spade.
- To Call Off The Dogs.
- To Carry Coals To Newcastle.
- To Cast Pearls Before Swine.
- To Cast Prudence To The Winds.
- To Come Away None The Wiser.
- To Come Off Cheap.
- To Come Off With A Whole Skin.
- To Come Off With Flying Colours.
- To Come Out Dry.
- To Come Out With Clean Hands.
- To Cook A Hare Before Catching Him.
- To Cry With One Eye And Laugh With The Other.
- To Cut One's Throat With A Feather.
- To Draw (Pull) In One's Horns.
- To Drop A Bucket Into An Empty Well.
- To Draw Water In A Sieve.
- To Eat The Calf In The Cow's Belly.
- To Err Is Human.
- To Fiddle While Rome Is Burning.
- To Fight With One's Own Shadow.
- To Find A Mare's Nest.
- To Fish In Troubled Waters.
- To Fit Like A Glove.
- To Flog A Dead Horse.
- To Get Out Of Bed On The Wrong Side.
- To Give A Lark To Catch A Kite.
- To Go For Wool And Come Home Shorn.
- To Go Through Fire And Water (Through Thick And Thin).
- To Have A Finger In The Pie.
- To Have Rats In The Attic.
- To Hit The Nail On The Head.
- To Kick Against The Pricks.
- To Kill Two Birds With One Stone.
- To Know Everything Is To Know Nothing.
- To Know On Which Side One's Bread Is Buttered.
- To Know What's What.
- To Lay By For A Rainy Day.
- To Live From Hand To Mouth.
- To Lock The Stable-Door After The Horse Is Stolen.
- To Look For A Needle In A Haystack.
- To Love Somebody (Something) As The Devil Loves Holy Water.
- To Make A Mountain Out Of A Molehill.
- To Make Both Ends Meet.
- To Make The Cup Run Over.
- To Make (To Turn) The Air Blue.
- To Measure Another Man's Foot By One's Own Last.
- To Measure Other People's Corn By One's Own Bushel.
- To Pay One Back In One's Own Coin.
- To Plough The Sand.
- To Pour Water Into A Sieve.
- To Pull The Chestnuts Out Of The Fire For Somebody.
- To Pull The Devil By The Tail.
- To Put A Spoke In Somebody's Wheel.
- To Put Off Till Doomsday.
- To Put (Set) The Cart Before The Horse.
- To Rob One's Belly To Cover One's Back.
- To Roll In Money.
- To Run With The Hare And Hunt With The Hounds.
- To Save One's Bacon.
- To Send (Carry) Owls To Athens .
- To Set The Wolf To Keep The Sheep.
- To Stick To Somebody Like A Leech.
- To Strain At A Gnat And Swallow A Camel.
- To Take Counsel Of One's Pillow.
- To Take The Bull By The Horns.
- To Teach The Dog To Bark.
- To Tell Tales Out Of School.
- To Throw A Stone In One's Own Garden.
- To Throw Dust In Somebody's Eyes.
- To Throw Straws Against The Wind.
- To Treat Somebody With A Dose Of His Own Medicine.
- To Use A Steam-Hammer To Crack Nuts.
- To Wash One's Dirty Linen In Public.
- To Wear One's Heart Upon One's Sleeve.
- To Weep Over An Onion.
- To Work With The Left Hand.
- Tomorrow Come Never.
- Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth.
- Too Much Knowledge Makes The Head Bald.
- Too Much Of A Good Thing Is Good For Nothing.
- Too Much Water Drowned The Miller .
- Too Swift Arrives As Tardy As Too Slow.
- True Blue Will Never Stain.
- True Coral Needs No Painter's Brush.
- Truth Comes Out Of The Mouths Of Babes And Sucklings.
- Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction.
- Truth Lies At The Bottom Of A Well.
- Two Blacks Do Not Make A White.
- Two Heads Are Better Than One.
- Two Is Company, But Three Is None.
- Velvet Paws Hide Sharp Claws.
- Virtue Is Its Own Reward.
- Wait For The Cat To Jump.
- Walls Have Ears.
- Wash Your Dirty Linen At Home.
- Waste Not, Want Not.
- We Know Not What Is Good Until We Have Lost It.
- We Never Know The Value Of Water Till The Well Is Dry.
- We Shall See What We Shall See.
- We Soon Believe What We Desire.
- Wealth Is Nothing Without Health.
- Well Begun Is Half Done.
- What Can't Be Cured, Must Be Endured.
- What Is Bred In The Bone Will Not Go Out Of The Flesh.
- What Is Done By Night Appears By Day.
- What Is Done Cannot Be Undone.
- What Is Got Over The Devil's Back Is Spent Under His Belly.
- What Is Lost Is Lost.
- What Is Sauce For The Goose Is Sauce For The Gander.
- What Is Worth Doing At Alt Is Worth Doing Well.
- What Must Be, Must Be.
- What The Heart Thinks The Tongue Speaks.
- What We Do Willingly Is Easy.
- When Angry, Count A Hundred.
- When At Rome, Do As The Romans Do.
- When Children Stand Quiet, They Have Done Some Harm.
- When Flatterers Meet, The Devil Goes To Dinner.
- When **** Speak It Is Too Late To Argue.
- When Pigs Fly.
- When Queen Anne Was Alive.
- When The Cat Is Away, The Mice Will Play.
- When The Devil Is Blind.
- When The Fox Preaches, Take Care Of Your Geese.
- When The Pinch Comes, You Remember The Old Shoe.
- When Three Know It, Alt Know It.
- When Wine Is In Wit Is Out.
- Where There's A Will, There's A Way.
- While The Grass Grows The Horse Starves.
- While There Is Life There Is Hope.
- Who Breaks, Pays.
- Who Has Never Tasted Bitter, Knows Not What Is Sweet.
- Who Keeps Company With The Wolf, Will Learn To Howl.
- Wise After The Event.
- With Time And Patience The Leaf Of The Mulberry Becomes Satin.
- Words Pay No Debts.
- You Can Take A Horse To The Water But You Cannot Make Him Drink.
- You Cannot Eat Your Cake And Have It.
- You Cannot Flay The Same Ox Twice.
- You Cannot Judge A Tree By It Bark.
- You Cannot Teach Old Dogs New Tricks.
- You Cannot Wash Charcoal White.
- You Made Your Bed, Now Lie In It.
- Zeal Without Knowledge Is A Runaway Horse.
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