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After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.
All's well that ends well.
All are not saints that go to church.
All is fair in love and war.
All is not gold that glitters. / All that glitters is not gold.
All men are mortal.
Anger cannot stand without a strong hand.
An ape's ape, a valet's a varlet. Though they be clad in silk or scarlet.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An empty bag cannot stand upright.
An evening red, and a morning grey will set the traveller on his way.
An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.
An oak is not fell'd at one chop.
An old flame never dies. / Old love will not be forgotten. / Of soup an love, the first is best.
Ask much to have a little.
Ask no questions and you'll be told no lies.
As the question so the answer. / As you give, so you receive.
As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.
Attack is the best from of defence.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A bird in the hand is worth two on the roof (in the bush).
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
A cat may look at a king.
A cold hand and a warm heart.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
A fair woman without virtue is like palled wine.
A fat belly, a lean brain.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A good conscience is a soft pillow. (Quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.)
A good horse should seldom be spurred.
A good servant must have good wages.
A joy shared is a joy doubled.
A liar is not believed even when he speaks the truth.
A liar ought to have a good memory. / Liars should have good memories.
A man's hat in his hand ne'er did him any harm. / Lip honour costs little, yet may bring in much.
A man's home is his castle. / My home is my castle.
A man's praise in his own mouth stinks. Don`t blow your own trumpet. Self-praise is no recommendation,
A man cannot live by air.
A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks.
A new broom sweeps clean.
A poor man has no friends.
A prmise is a promise. An honest man's word's as good as his bond.
A prophet has no honour in his own country. No prophet is accepted in his own country.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A shoemakter's wife goes bare-foot.
A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved.
A sound mind in a sound body.
A watches pot never boils.
A white wall is a fool's paper.
A wolf in sheep's clothing.
A woman's work is never done.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
A word to the wise is enough.
Bad luck in the play, luck in the love.
Barking dogs never bite.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty is skin-deep.
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Better alone than in bad company.
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
Better are small fish than an empty dish.
Better a good name than riches. / Better go to heaven in rags than hell in embroidery.
Better be an old man's darling, than a young man's slave.
Better be envied than pitied.
Better late than never.
Better late than never.
Better safe than sorry.
Big fish eat little fish.
Birds of a feather flock togehter. / Like will to like.
Blood will tell.
Boys will be boys.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Business before pleasure. / Work first and play afterwards.
Business is business.
By mistakes we learn.
Call no man happy till he dies.
Care killed the cat.
Cats will catch mice. / That that comes of a cat, will catch mise.
Caution ist the mother of wisdom.
Caution is the mother of wisdom. Better be safe than sorry. Better safe than sorry.
Charity begings at home.
Charity begins at home.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Children are poor men's riches.
Christmas comes but once a year
Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Covetousness ist the root of all evil.
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
Crosses are ladders that lead to haeven.
Dear an end with fright as fright without end.
Divide and rule.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't sell the skin till you have caught the bear.
Don't tempt fate (providence).
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
Do as you would be done by.
Do not add fuel to the fire.
Do right and fear no man.
Dreams are lies. / Dreams are the stuff lies are made of. / Golden dreams make men wake hungry.
Each for all, all for each.
Early to bed and early to rise makes the man healty, wealty and wise.
East or West, home is best.
Eat to live, not live to eat.
Empty vessels make the most sound.
Enough is as good as a feast. / Content is happiness.
Even a worm will turn.
Everybody's friend is nobody's friend. / A friend to all is a friend to none.
Everyone knows best where the shoe pinches.
Everything has its price.
Every beginning is hard. The first step is the hardest.
Every cook praises his own broth
Every dog has his day.
Every little helps.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Every man to his taste. / Each to his own.
Every thing is good in its season.
Evil communications corrupt good manners.
Experience is the best teacher.
Experience is the mother of science.
Extremes meet. / Opposites attract
Facts speak for themselves.
Faith can (re)move mountains.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Famililiarity breeds contempt.
Fear is a bad counselor.
Fire and water are good servants but bad masters.
First come first served.
Fish and guests smell at three days old.
Fools never die out. / There us a sucker born every minute (am)
Forbidden fruit taste the sweetest.
Fortunes favours fools.
Fortune favours the brave.
For a flying enemy make a golden bridge. / Build golden bridges for the flying foe.
Four eyes see more than two.
Frailty, thy name is woman.
Garbage in garbage out.
Giff-gaff makes good friends.
Give a clown your finger, and he'll take your whole hand. Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.
Give credit where credit is due. / Honour where honour is due.
God's mill grinds slow but shure.
God made the country and man made the town.
Gones is gone / Bygones are bygones.'/ It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Good cheap is dear. / Best is cheapest.
Good is good, but better carries it.
Grear honours are great burdens.
Grease (pay) well and you will go fast.
Great minds think alike.
Habit is almost second nature.
Haste makes waste. / The most haste the less speed.
Health is better than wealth.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Help yourself and God will help you.
He'll stew in his own juice.
He's armed to the teeth!
He's leading me by my nose!
He's on pins and needles.
He's put a flea in my ear.
He's taken french leave.
He, that gives quickly, gives twice.
He has one foot in the grave.
He laughs best, that laughs last. He who laughs last, laughs longest. / Better the last smile than the first laughter.
He taht marries for wealth, sells his liberty.
He tat spares the rod, hates his son.
He teaches ill, who teaches all.
He that buys what he does not want, must often sell what he does want.
He that comes last, makes all fast.
He that lies down with dogs, must rise up with fleas.
He that to much embraces, holds little.
He that will not hear must feel.
He that would please all and himself, too, undertakes what he cannot do. / He that all men will please, shall never find ease.
He who digs a pit for others, falls in himself. / The biter will be bitten.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
He who hesitates is lost.
He who seeks will find.
He who travels far knows much. / Travel broadens the mind.
He who will reap must sow. / He that does not sow, does not mow.
Honesty is the best policy. Better beg than steal.
Honey catches more flies than vineger.
Hunger is the best sauce.
Idleness is the root of all evil. / Idleness is the parent of vice. / By doing nothing we do ill.
If at first you don't succed, try, try, try again.
If good wish good advice, consult an old man.
If my aunt had been a man, she'd been my uncle. Pigs might fly, if they had wings.
If the cap fits put it on. / Let him who the cap fits put it on.
If we can't as we would, we must do as we can.
If you grease well, you speed well.
If you rest you rust. / Resting is rusting.
If you wish for peace, be prepared for war.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Im for a penny, in for a pound. / Who says A must say B.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
In wine there is truth.
Iron not used soon rusts.
It's about as broad as it's long.
It's not the coat that makes the man.
It's raining cats and dogs.
It's six of one and half a dozen of the other. That is as broad as it is long.
It's the first impression which counts. First impressions are important.
It is a drop in the ocean.
It is good fishing in troubled waters.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is never too late to learn.
It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
It is the tone that makes the music. It's isn't what you say, it's the way you say it that counts.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Ive not to eat, but eat to live.
I have learned wisdom by experience. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
I wash my hands of it.
Joan is as good as Mylady in the dark.
Kings have long arms.
Knowledge is power. / A wise man is strong.
Know thyself.
Know thyself.
Last come, last served.
Let's make hay while the sun shines.
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.
Let the buyer beware.
Lies have short wings. / A lie never lives to be old. / A lie has no legs.
Life is short, but art lives on.
Lightly come, lightly go.
Like father, like son. / Like mother, like daughter. The apple never falls far from the tree.
Like father, like son, like mother like daughter.
Like mistress, like maid.
Little things please little minds.
Live and let live.
Look before you leap.
Love and cought cannot be hid.
Love begets love
Love is blind.
Love me, love my dog.
Love me, love my dog. (E-Proverb)
Love your neighbour, yet don't pull down your hedge.
Lucky at cards, unlucks in love.
Lucky in love, unlucky at cards.
Man proposes and God disposes.
Man shall not live by bread alone.
Marriage is the tomb of love.
Marry first, love will follow.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Measure is treasure.
Might goes for right.
Might is right. / Might (goes) before right.
Misery loves company.
Misfortunes seldom come alone. Of one ill come many. If never rains but it pours.
Mistakes are often the best teachers.
Moderation in all things.
Money begets money.
Money does not smell.
Money draws money. / Money makes money.
Money isn't everything, but it helps.
Money ist the root of all evil.
Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
Money opens all doors. / Money makes the world go round.
More haste less speed. / Make haste slowly. / Haste makes waste.
Much ado about nothing.
Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity knows (has) no law.
Need makes greed.
Neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring.
Never fra a fish till it's caught.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
Never rob naked men.
Never say never again.
Never too old to lern.
New Kings, new laws.
Night is mother of counsel. / Time shall teach you all things.
Nobody's perfect.
None so deaf as those who won't hear.
Nothing comes of nothing. / You can't make something out of nothing.
Nothing venture, nothing win (o have).
No man can serve two masters.
No news is good news.
No one is born a master (of his craft)
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No rose without thorns.
No sooner said, than done. Easier said than done.
No sooner said than done.
No sports.
No sweet without sweat.
Number one is the first of nature. / Self is our centre.
Of a small spark a great fire. / A small leak will sink a great ship. / Great events often come from little causes.
Of two evils choose the less.
Old men are twice children.
Old wine and old friend are good provisions.
Omelets are not made without breaking eggs. / You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.
Once a priest, always a priest.
One cannot love and be wise.
One crow will not pick out another crow's eyes.
One does not count.
One father is enough to govern a hundred suns but not a hundred sons one father.
One good turn deserves another. / One hand washes the other. / If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
One ill weed mars a whole pot of pottage.
One man's meat is another man's poison. One man's breath is another man's death.
One man`s meat is another man`s poison. One man`s trash is the other man`s treasure. Bad luck for one man is good luck for another.
One must howl with the wolves. / When at Rome, do as the Romans do.
One picture is worth a thousend words.
One shoulder of mutton draws down another.
One should leave off with an appetite.
One should not wash one's dirty linen in public.
One sows and another reaps.
One swallow does not make a summer.
Opportunity makes the thief.
Other times, other manners.
Out of sight out of mind.
Over head and ears in debit.
Paper endures all.
Patience is a virtue
Patient men win the day.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Petty thieves are hanged, the great ones go free. / Little thiefs are hanged, but great ones escape.
Physician heal thyself.
Poverty is not a crime nor a credit.
Power corrupts.
Practice is better than theory. An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Practice makes perfect. Use makes mastery.
Practise what you preach.
Praise fair (fine) day at night. / Don't cry before you are out of the wood. / Do not halloo (o triumpf) before the victory.
Prevention is better than cure.
Pride goes before the fall.
Rats leave a sinking ship.
Remove an old tree, and it wither to death.
Revenge is sweet.
Roll my log and I'll roll yours.
Rome was not built in a day.
Sadness and gladness succed each other.
Saying and doing are two things. / It is one thing to promise, another to perform. / To promise is one thing and to keep is another.
Science has no enemy but ignorance.
Second thoughts are best.
Second thoughts are best. / Second thoughts are ever wise.
Seeing is believing
Seeing is believing.
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let her lie, you'll want a pin before you die.
Show me a liar and I'll show you a thief. / Lying and thieving go together.
Silence gives consent.
Silence gives consent. / Silence means consent.
Skill comes with office.
Something is better than nothing.
Soon ripe soon rotten
Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
So many men, so many opinions.
Speak of the devil and he will appear.
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
Spit on the stone, it will be wet at the last.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Still waters run deep. / In the coldest flint there is hot fire.
Stolen (Forbidden) fruit is sweet.
Strike while the iron is hot. / One must strike while the iron is hot.
Sunnday does not come every day. Christmas comes but once a year.
Sunshines follows rain. Every cloud has a silver lining.
Sweep before your own door.
Tastes differ. / There is no accountin for tastes.
Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you what your are.
Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are.
that's another story, that's another pair of shoes,
That's where the shoe pinches.
There's none so blind as those who won't see.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
There's no place like home.
There's no smoke without a fire. No smoke without fire.
There are black sheep in every flock.
There are many ways to Rome. / All roads lead to Rome.
There is a limit to one's patience.
There is a nut for every bolt. Every Jack has his Jill.
There is a remedy for everything except death.
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
There is luck in odd numbers.
There is nor royal road to learning.
There is nothing said wich hat not been said before.
There is no fool like an old fool.
There is no general rule without some exception.
They are no different from anybody else.
The absent are always in the wrong.
The best things come in small packages.
The bread never falls but on its buttered side.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The child says nothing but what he heard at the fireplace. / Like Sir, like son. / Like tho old cock crows so crows the young.
The concealer (receiver) is as bad as the thief.
The cure is worse than the evil.
The customer is always right.
The early bird catches the worm.
The early bird catches the worm.
The end crowns all.
The end crowns the work.
The end justifies the means.
The exception proves the rule.
The exception proves the rule.
The eyes are the window of the soul.
The eye is bigger than the belly.
The first step is the hardest.
The flames of love won't boil the pot.
The garment makes the man. / Fine feathers make fine birds.
The great source of pleasure is variety.
The grown does not make the friar.
The higher you climbs the farther you fall.
The house shows the owner.
The King can do no wrong.
The loser is always laughed at.
The loudest hummer 's not the best bee.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
The master is known by his work.
The more one has, the more one wants. / The more you get, the more you want.
The noblest vengeance is to forgive.
The parrot says what he knows, but does'nt know what he says.
The pitcher that goes too often to the well gets broken.
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.
The sleeping fox catsches no poulty. / No pains, no gains.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
The style is the man.
The tongue always returns to the sore tooth.
The tree is known by its fruit.
The unexpected always happens.
The voice of the people ist the voice of God.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The wiser man is the one who gives way. The wiser head gives in. (Prov)
The word pays with ingratitude. / As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring.
The workman is known by his work.
The world is a handkerchief. It's a small World.
Things are not always what they seem. / Appearances are deceptive.
Think much, speak little and write less.
Those who bring are always welcome.
Those who do little expect the most.
Three is a lucky number. / Third time lucky. / All good things go by threes.
Thrift is a great revenue.
Times flies
Time change and we with them. Times are changing.
Time heals all wounds. / Time cures all things. / Time is the grat consoler.
Time is everything. / Gain time, gain life.
Time is out of joint.
Time will show (o tell)
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Too much of a thing is good for nothing.
To be like hand and glove.
To buy a pig in a poke.
to call a spade a spade (col)
To dispute about a trifle. / To contend about a goat's wool. / It's no use fighting over a bone.
To each his own
To err is human.
to jump out of the frying pan into the fire
To kill two flies with one flap.
To make a mountain of a molehill.
To make the best of a bad job. / One must grin and bear it.
To put off is not to put aside. / Postponed is not abandoned
To see the mote in another's eye and not the beam in your own.
True love never grows old.
Truth will out. / Everything comes to light in the end.
Turn about is fair play. / Tit for tat.
Two are better than one. / Better safe than sorry. / One won't do.
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
Two minds with but a single thought.
Unity is strength.
Use your head to save your heels. / A forgetful head makes a weary pair fo heels.
Variety is the spice of life. (english proverb)
Virtue is its own reward.
Wait and see!
Wake not asleeping dog. / Let sleeping dogs lie.
Walls have ears.
Waste not, want not.
Weeds always grow.
Well begun is half done. A good start is half the battle.
Wenn poverty comes in at the door, love jumps out of the window.
We carry coals to Newcastle.
We must take the world as we find it.
What's done cannot be undone.
What can't be cured must be endured.
What isn't yet may well still be.
What it concerns the oak if herself the sow scrapes in it.
What the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve over. Ignorance is bliss.
What you can do alone by yourself, expect not from another. Self do self have. / If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
When a thing is done advice comes too late.
When candles are out, all cats are gray. / All cats are grey in the dark.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
When in Rome do as the Romans do. / So many countries, so many customs.
When money speaks the world is silent.
When one door closes, another one opens.
When the cat is away the mice will play.
Where doubt, there truth is.
Where nought's to be got kings lose their scot.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Where there's a will there's a way.
While there's life there's hope. / Death alone can kill hope.
Who marries does well, who marries not does better.
Who recieves a gift, sells his liberty.
Who talks most does least. / His bark is worse than his bite.
Who will not keep a penny shall never have many.
Wine upon beer is very cheer, beer upon wine you'll repine.
Words cut more than swords.
You cannot have your cake and eat it.
You cannot shift an old tree without it dying.
You can't see the wood for the trees.
You can't tell a book by it's cover.
You can`t teach an old dog new tricks.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork, but she keeps coming back
You may gape long enough, ere a bird fall into your mouth.

















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.
All's well that ends well.
All are not saints that go to church.
All is fair in love and war.
All is not gold that glitters. /
All men are mortal.
Anger cannot stand without a strong hand.
An ape's ape, a valet's a varlet. Though they be clad in silk or scarlet.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An empty bag cannot stand upright.
An evening red, and a morning grey will set the traveller on his way.
An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.
An oak is not fell'd at one chop.
An old flame never dies. / Old love will not be forgotten. /
Ask much to have a little.
Ask no questions and you'll be told no lies.
As the question so the answer. / As you give, so you receive.
As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.
Attack is the best from of defence.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A bird in the hand is worth two on the roof (in the bush).
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
A cat may look at a king.
A cold hand and a warm heart.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
A fair woman without virtue is like palled wine.
A fat belly, a lean brain.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A good conscience is a soft pillow. (Quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.)
A good horse should seldom be spurred.
A good servant must have good wages.
A joy shared is a joy doubled.
A liar is not believed even when he speaks the truth.
A liar ought to have a good memory. / Liars should have good memories.
A man's hat in his hand ne'er did him any harm. /
A man's home is his castle. / My home is my castle.
A man's praise in his own mouth stinks. Don`t blow your own trumpet.
A man cannot live by air.
A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks.
A new broom sweeps clean.
A poor man has no friends.
A prmise is a promise. An honest man's word's as good as his bond.
A prophet has no honour in his own country. No prophet is accepted in his
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A shoemakter's wife goes bare-foot.
A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved.
A sound mind in a sound body.
A watches pot never boils.
A white wall is a fool's paper.
A wolf in sheep's clothing.
A woman's work is never done.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
A word to the wise is enough.

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B

Barking dogs never bite.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty is skin-deep.
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Better alone than in bad company.
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
Better are small fish than an empty dish.
Better a good name than riches. / Better go to heaven in rags than hell in
Better be an old man's darling, than a young man's slave.
Better be envied than pitied.
Better late than never.
Better late than never.
Better safe than sorry.
Big fish eat little fish.
Birds of a feather flock togehter. / Like will to like.
Blood will tell.
Boys will be boys.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Business before pleasure. / Work first and play afterwards.
Business is business.
By mistakes we learn.

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C

Call no man happy till he dies.
Care killed the cat.
Cats will catch mice. / That that comes of a cat, will catch mise.
Caution ist the mother of wisdom.
Caution is the mother of wisdom. Better be safe than sorry. Better safe
Charity begings at home.
Charity begins at home.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Children are poor men's riches.
Christmas comes but once a year
Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Covetousness ist the root of all evil.
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
Crosses are ladders that lead to haeven.

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D

Divide and rule.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't sell the skin till you have caught the bear.
Don't tempt fate (providence).
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
Do as you would be done by.
Do not add fuel to the fire.
Do right and fear no man.
Dreams are lies. / Dreams are the stuff lies are made of. /

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E

Each for all, all for each.
Early to bed and early to rise makes the man healty, wealty and wise.
East or West, home is best.
Eat to live, not live to eat.
Empty vessels make the most sound.
Enough is as good as a feast. / Content is happiness.
Even a worm will turn.
Everybody's friend is nobody's friend. /
Everyone knows best where the shoe pinches.
Everything has its price.
Every beginning is hard. The first step is the hardest.
Every cook praises his own broth
Every dog has his day.
Every little helps.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Every man to his taste. / Each to his own.
Every thing is good in its season.
Evil communications corrupt good manners.
Experience is the best teacher.
Experience is the mother of science.
Extremes meet. / Opposites attract

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F

Facts speak for themselves.
Faith can (re)move mountains.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Famililiarity breeds contempt.
Fear is a bad counselor.
Fire and water are good servants but bad masters.
First come first served.
Fish and guests smell at three days old.
Fools never die out. / There us a sucker born every minute (am)
Forbidden fruit taste the sweetest.
Fortunes favours fools.
Fortune favours the brave.
For a flying enemy make a golden bridge. /
Four eyes see more than two.
Frailty, thy name is woman.

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G

Garbage in garbage out.
Giff-gaff makes good friends.
Give a clown your finger, and he'll take your whole hand.
Give credit where credit is due. / Honour where honour is due.
God's mill grinds slow but shure.
God made the country and man made the town.
Gones is gone / Bygones are bygones.'/ It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Good cheap is dear. / Best is cheapest.
Good is good, but better carries it.
Grear honours are great burdens.
Grease (pay) well and you will go fast.
Great minds think alike.

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H

Habit is almost second nature.
Haste makes waste. / The most haste the less speed.
Health is better than wealth.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Help yourself and God will help you.
He'll stew in his own juice.
He's armed to the teeth!
He's leading me by my nose!
He's on pins and needles.
He's put a flea in my ear.
He's taken french leave.
He, that gives quickly, gives twice.
He has one foot in the grave.
He laughs best, that laughs last. He who laughs last, laughs longest. /
He taht marries for wealth, sells his liberty.
He tat spares the rod, hates his son.
He teaches ill, who teaches all.
He that buys what he does not want, must often sell what he does want.
He that comes last, makes all fast.
He that lies down with dogs, must rise up with fleas.
He that to much embraces, holds little.
He that will not hear must feel.
He that would please all and himself, too, undertakes what he cannot do. /
He who digs a pit for others, falls in himself. /
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
He who hesitates is lost.
He who seeks will find.
He who travels far knows much. / Travel broadens the mind.
He who will reap must sow. / He that does not sow, does not mow.
Honesty is the best policy. Better beg than steal.
Honey catches more flies than vineger.
Hunger is the best sauce.

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I

Idleness is the root of all evil. / Idleness is the parent of vice. /
If at first you don't succed, try, try, try again.
If good wish good advice, consult an old man.
If my aunt had been a man, she'd been my uncle. Pigs might fly, if they had
If the cap fits put it on. / Let him who the cap fits put it on.
If we can't as we would, we must do as we can.
If you grease well, you speed well.
If you rest you rust. / Resting is rusting.
If you wish for peace, be prepared for war.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Im for a penny, in for a pound. /
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
In wine there is truth.
Iron not used soon rusts.
It's about as broad as it's long.
It's not the coat that makes the man.
It's raining cats and dogs.
It's six of one and half a dozen of the other. That is as broad as it is
It's the first impression which counts. First impressions are important.
It is a drop in the ocean.
It is good fishing in troubled waters.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is never too late to learn.
It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
It is the tone that makes the music. It's isn't what you say, it's the way
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Ive not to eat, but eat to live.
I have learned wisdom by experience. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

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J

I wash my hands of it.
Joan is as good as Mylady in the dark.

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K

Kings have long arms.
Knowledge is power. / A wise man is strong.
Know thyself.
Know thyself.

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I

Last come, last served.
Let's make hay while the sun shines.
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.
Let the buyer beware.
Lies have short wings. / A lie never lives to be old. / A lie has no legs.
Life is short, but art lives on.
Lightly come, lightly go.
Like father, like son. / Like mother, like daughter.
Like father, like son, like mother like daughter.
Like mistress, like maid.
Little things please little minds.
Live and let live.
Look before you leap.
Love and cought cannot be hid.
Love begets love
Love is blind.
Love me, love my dog.
Love me, love my dog. (E-Proverb)
Love your neighbour, yet don't pull down your hedge.
Lucky at cards, unlucks in love.
Lucky in love, unlucky at cards.

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M

Man proposes and God disposes.
Man shall not live by bread alone.
Marriage is the tomb of love.
Marry first, love will follow.
Measure is treasure.
Might goes for right.
Might is right. / Might (goes) before right.
Misery loves company.
Misfortunes seldom come alone. Of one ill come many.
Mistakes are often the best teachers.
Moderation in all things.
Money begets money.
Money draws money. / Money makes money.
Money isn't everything, but it helps.
Money ist the root of all evil.
Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
Money opens all doors. / Money makes the world go round.
More haste less speed. / Make haste slowly. / Haste makes waste.
Much ado about nothing.
my better half

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N

Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity knows (has) no law.
Need makes greed.
Neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring.
Never fra a fish till it's caught.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
Never rob naked men.
Never say never again.
Never too old to lern.
New Kings, new laws.
Night is mother of counsel. / Time shall teach you all things.
Nobody's perfect.
None so deaf as those who won't hear.
Nothing comes of nothing. / You can't make something out of nothing.
Nothing venture, nothing win (o have).
No man can serve two masters.
No news is good news.
No one is born a master (of his craft)
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No rose without thorns.
No sooner said, than done. Easier said than done.
No sooner said than done.
No sports.
No sweet without sweat.
Number one is the first of nature. / Self is our centre.

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O

Of a small spark a great fire. / A small leak will sink a great ship. /
Of two evils choose the less.
Old men are twice children.
Old wine and old friend are good provisions.
Omelets are not made without breaking eggs. /
Once a priest, always a priest.
One cannot love and be wise.
One crow will not pick out another crow's eyes.
One does not count.
One father is enough to govern a hundred suns but not a hundred sons one
one for the road
One good turn deserves another. /
One ill weed mars a whole pot of pottage.
One man's meat is another man's poison. One man's breath is another man's
One man`s meat is another man`s poison. One man`s trash is the other
One must howl with the wolves. / When at Rome, do as the Romans do.
One picture is worth a thousend words.
One shoulder of mutton draws down another.
One should leave off with an appetite.
One should not wash one's dirty linen in public.
One sows and another reaps.
One swallow does not make a summer.
Opportunity makes the thief.
Other times, other manners.
Out of sight out of mind.
Over head and ears in debit.

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P

Paper endures all.
Patience is a virtue
Patient men win the day.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Petty thieves are hanged, the great ones go free. /
Physician heal thyself.
Poverty is not a crime nor a credit.
Power corrupts.
Practice is better than theory. An ounce of practice is worth a pound of
Practice makes perfect. Use makes mastery.
Practise what you preach.
Praise fair (fine) day at night. /
Prevention is better than cure.
Pride goes before the fall.

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R

Rats leave a sinking ship.
Remove an old tree, and it wither to death.
Revenge is sweet.
Roll my log and I'll roll yours.
Rome was not built in a day.

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S

Sadness and gladness succed each other.
Saying and doing are two things. / It is one thing to promise, another to
Science has no enemy but ignorance.
Second thoughts are best.
Second thoughts are best. / Second thoughts are ever wise.
Seeing is believing
Seeing is believing.
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and
Show me a liar and I'll show you a thief. / Lying and thieving go
Silence gives consent.
Silence gives consent. / Silence means consent.
Skill comes with office.
Something is better than nothing.
Soon ripe soon rotten
Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
So many men, so many opinions.
Speak of the devil and he will appear.
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
Spit on the stone, it will be wet at the last.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Still waters run deep. / In the coldest flint there is hot fire.
Stolen (Forbidden) fruit is sweet.
Strike while the iron is hot. / One must strike while the iron is hot.
Sunnday does not come every day. Christmas comes but once a year.
Sunshines follows rain. Every cloud has a silver lining.
Sweep before your own door.

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T

Tastes differ. / There is no accountin for tastes.
Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you what your are.
Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are.
that's another story, that's another pair of shoes,
That's where the shoe pinches.
There's none so blind as those who won't see.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
There's no place like home.
There's no smoke without a fire. No smoke without fire.
There are black sheep in every flock.
There are many ways to Rome. All roads lead to Rome.
There is a limit to one's patience.
There is a nut for every bolt. Every Jack has his Jill.
There is a remedy for everything except death.
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
There is luck in odd numbers.
There is nor royal road to learning.
There is nothing said wich hat not been said before.
There is no fool like an old fool.
There is no general rule without some exception.
They are no different from anybody else.
The absent are always in the wrong.
The best things come in small packages.
The bread never falls but on its buttered side.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The child says nothing but what he heard at the fireplace. /
The concealer (receiver) is as bad as the thief.
The cure is worse than the evil.
The customer is always right.
The early bird catches the worm.
The early bird catches the worm.
The end crowns all.
The end crowns the work.
The end justifies the means.
The exception proves the rule.
The exception proves the rule.
The eyes are the window of the soul.
The eye is bigger than the belly.
The first step is the hardest.
The flames of love won't boil the pot.
The garment makes the man. / Fine feathers make fine birds.
The great source of pleasure is variety.
The grown does not make the friar.
The higher you climbs the farther you fall.
The house shows the owner.
The King can do no wrong.
The loser is always laughed at.
The loudest hummer 's not the best bee.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
The master is known by his work.
The more one has, the more one wants. /
The noblest vengeance is to forgive.
The people's voice, God's voice.
The pitcher that goes too often to the well gets broken.
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.
The sleeping fox catsches no poulty. / No pains, no gains.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
The style is the man.
The tongue always returns to the sore tooth.
The tree is known by its fruit.
The unexpected always happens.
The voice of the people ist the voice of God.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The wiser man is the one who gives way. The wiser head gives in. (Prov)
The word pays with ingratitude. / As soon as you have drunk, you turn
The workman is known by his work.
Things are not always what they seem. / Appearances are deceptive.
Think much, speak little and write less.
Those who bring are always welcome.
Those who do little expect the most.
Three is a lucky number. / Third time lucky. / All good things go by
Thrift is a great revenue.
Times flies
Time change and we with them. Times are changing.
Time heals all wounds. / Time cures all things. /
Time is everything. / Gain time, gain life.
Time is out of joint.
Time will show (o tell)
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Too much of a thing is good for nothing.
To be like hand and glove.
To buy a pig in a poke.
to call a spade a spade (col)
To dispute about a trifle. / To contend about a goat's wool. /
To each his own
To err is human.
to jump out of the frying pan into the fire
To kill two flies with one flap.
To make a mountain of a molehill.
To make the best of a bad job. / One must grin and bear it.
To put off is not to put aside. / Postponed is not abandoned
To see the mote in another's eye and not the beam in your own.
True love never grows old.
Truth will out. / Everything comes to light in the end.
Turn about is fair play. / Tit for tat.
Two are better than one. / Better safe than sorry. / One won't do.
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
Two minds with but a single thought.

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U

Unity is strength.
Use your head to save your heels. / A forgetful head makes a weary pair

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V

Variety is the spice of life. (english proverb)
Virtue is its own reward.

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W

Wait and see!
Wake not asleeping dog. / Let sleeping dogs lie.
Walls have ears.
Waste not, want not.
Weeds always grow.
Well begun is half done. A good start is half the battle.
When poverty comes in at the door, love jumps out of the window.
We are not amused.
We carry coals to Newcastle.
We must take the world as we find it.
What's done cannot be undone.
What can't be cured must be endured.
What isn't yet may well still be.
What the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve over. Ignorance is bliss.
What you can do alone by yourself, expect not from another.
When a thing is done advice comes too late.
When candles are out, all cats are gray. / All cats are grey in the dark.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
When in Rome do as the Romans do. / So many countries, so many customs.
When money speaks the world is silent.
When the cat is away the mice will play.
Where doubt, there truth is.
Where nought's to be got kings lose their scot.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Where there's a will there's a way.
While there's life there's hope. / Death alone can kill hope.
Who marries does well, who marries not does better.
Who recieves a gift, sells his liberty.
Who talks most does least. / His bark is worse than his bite.
Who will not keep a penny shall never have many.
Wine upon beer is very cheer, beer upon wine you'll repine.
Words cut more than swords.

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Y

You cannot have your cake and eat it.
You cannot shift an old tree without it dying.
You can't see the wood for the trees.
You can't tell a book by it's cover.
You can`t teach an old dog new tricks.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork, but she keeps coming back
You may gape long enough, ere a bird fall into your mouth.

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