Showing posts with label sayings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sayings. Show all posts

English Proverbs & Sayings Part 1

  1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
  2. A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit.
  3. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
  4. A bargain is a bargain.
  5. A beggar can never be bankrupt.
  6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
  7. A bird may be known by its song.
  8. A black hen lays a white egg.
  9. A blind leader of the blind.
  10. A blind man would be glad to see.
  11. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound.
  12. A burden of one's own choice is not felt.
  13. A burnt child dreads the fire.
  14. A cat in gloves catches no mice.
  15. A city that parleys is half gotten.
  16. A civil denial is better than a rude grant.
  17. A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
  18. A clean hand wants no washing.
  19. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
  20. A close mouth catches no flies.

English Proverbs and Sayings Part 2

1.      A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
2.      A cracked bell can never sound well.
3.      A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.
4.      A curst cow has short horns.
5.      A danger foreseen is half avoided.
6.      A drop in the bucket.
7.      A drowning man will catch at a straw.
8.      A fair face may hide a foul heart.
9.      A fault confessed is half redressed.
10.  A fly in the ointment.
11.  A fool always rushes to the fore.
12.  A fool and his money are soon parted.
13.  A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
14.  A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
15.  A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.
16.  A fool's tongue runs before his wit.
17.  A forced kindness deserves no thanks.
18.  A foul morn may turn to a fair day.
19.  A fox is not taken twice in the same snare.
20.   A friend in need is a friend indeed.