Proverbs in English
- A bad workman always blames his tools.
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- A miss is as good as a mile.
- A new broom sweeps clean.
- A picture is worth a thousand words.
- A rolling stone gathers no moss.
- A sharp tongue does not mean that you have a keen mind.
- A stitch in time saves nine.
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
- Actions speak louder than words.
- All good things come to an end.
- All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
- All that glitters is not gold.
- All's well that ends well.
- Any Tim, Dick or Harry.
- As you make your bed, so you must lie.
- Barking dogs never bite.
- Barking up the wrong tree Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- Beauty is only skin deep.
- Before you can say Jack Robinson.
- Beggars cannot be choosers.
- Better late than never.
- Better safe than sorry.
- Birds of a feather, flock together.
- Broken crockery brings you luck.
- Charity begins at home.
- Close but no cigar.
- Do lunch or be lunch.
- Don't count your chicken before they are hatched.
- Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.
- Don't mock the afflicted.
- Dripping hollows out rock.
- Easy come easy go.
- Enough is as good as a feast.
- Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Every Jack will find his Jill.
- Fair exchange is no robbery.
- Few sandwiches short of a picnic.
- Fine feathers make fine birds.
- First come, first served.
- For Pete's sake.
- Fortune favours fools.
- Good things come to those who wait.
- Great minds think alike.
- Harm set, harm get.
- He deserved the break.
- He had reckoned without his host.
- He is a chip of the old block.
- He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.
- Honesty is the best policy.
- I wouldn't live in that dump if you paid me! If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
- In for a penny, in for a pound.
- It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid.
- It is never too late to mend.
- It is too late to shut the barn door after the horse has bolted.
- It never rains but it pours.
- It takes two to tango.
- It's raining cats and dogs.
- Justice was never done but someone complained.
- Kill 2 birds with one stone.
- Knowledge is power.
- Lies don't travel far.
- Lies have short legs.
- Like father like son.
- Listeners hear no good of themselves.
- ... lots of red tape
- Many hands make light work.
- Mind your own business.
- Misery loves company.
- Mistakes are often the best teachers.
- Money isn't everything.
- Monkey see monkey do.
- More haste less speed.
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
- Never spread yourself too thin.
- No news is good news.
- No pains - no gains.
- Not all who own a lyre are lyre-players.
- Once bitten twice shy.
- Once one has served one's purpose one is simply discarded.
- One good turn deserves another.
- One man's meat is another man's poison.
- One swallow doesn't make a summer.
- Opportunity makes thieves.
- Out of sight, out of mind.
- Out of the heat, into the frying pan.
- Payback is a bitch.
- Penny wise, pound foolish.
- People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
- Postponed is not abandoned.
- Practice makes perfect.
- Pride comes before the fall.
- Promises are made to be kept.
- Rats desert the sinking ship.
- Slow and steady wins the race.
- Speech is silver silence is gold.
- Still waters run deep.
- Strike while the iron is hot.
- Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves.
- That's old hat.
- The early bird catches the worm.
- The end justifies the means.
- The last straw that breaks the camels back.
- The pot calling the kettle black.
- The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
- There's no fool like an old fool.
- Tit for tat.
- to be between the devil and the deep blue sea
- to beat about/around the bush
- to blow one's own trumpet
- to carry coals to Newcastle.
- to drop a brick
- to pull someone's leg
- to put the pedal to the metal
- to ride shotgun
- Too many cooks spoil the broth.
- Two wrongs don't make it right.
- What goes around comes around.
- What the eye does not see the heart cannot grieve over.
- When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
- When the cat's away the mice will play.
- When two people quarrel, a third rejoices.
- Where there is a will there is a way.
- You can easily fall into your own trap.
- You can't change the habits of a lifetime.
- You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
- You can't study on a full stomach.
- You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- You don't know the value of water before the well runs dry.
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