Well Known English Proverbs


1.It is no crying over spilt milk.

2.Man proposes and God disposes.

3.Take care of the present and tomorrow will take care of itself.

4.Union is strength.

5.To kill two birds with one stone.

6.Blood is thicker than water.

7.Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.

8.It takes two to make quarrel.

9.Much cry little wool.

10.Death's day is dooms day.

11.Nobody cries stinking fish.

12.Sweep before your own door.

13.A black sheep spoils the whole flock.

14.Haste makes waste.

15.Do not put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

16.Two of a trade seldom agree.

17.Charity begins at home.

18.Physician, heal thyself.

19.Out of sight, out of mind.

20.Out of the frying pan into the fire.

21.A blind man is no judge of colour.

22.Self praise is no recommendation.

23.A figure among cyphers.

24.Silence is gold.

25.To carry coal to New Castle.

26.A man is known by the company he keeps.

27.All is well that ends well.

28.To rob Peter to pay Paul.

29.Tit for tat.

30.The face is the index of mind.

31.Penny wise pound foolish.

32.Better lose a jest than lose a friend.

33.Let sleeping dog lie.

34.Better alone than in bad company.

35.Better wear out that rust out.

36.A bad name is worse than bad deeds.

37.A pitcher that goes often to the well, must break atlast.

38.A closed mouth catches no fly.

39.Make hay when the sun shines.

40.An idle brain is the devil's work shop.

41.Casting pearls before swine.

42.Every dog has his day.

43.A high wind blows that wears a crown.

44.Who will bell the cat?

45.Errors and omissions are accepted.

46.To make a mountain of a molehill.

47.Brave deeds need no show.

48.Something is better than nothing.

49.Brave deeds need no show.

50.His bread is buttered on both sides.

51.Think before you speak.

52.Like father, like son.

53.East or west, home is the best.

54.Penny wise, pound foolish.

55.Wolves may lose their teeth, but not their habits.

56.A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

57.He, who digs a pit for others, himself falls into it.

58.Beauty is short-lived.

59.Those who live in glass houses must not throw stones at others.

60.Small wit great boast.

61.Nearer the church farther from God.

62.Forbidden fruits are sweet.

63.In for a penny, in for a pound.

64.Solid worth is not sullied by slander.

65.Murder will out

66.God helps those who help themselves.

67.To build castle in the air.

68.When the old cock crows, the young cock follows.

69.Society moulds man.

70.Hope sustains the world.

71.Even ealls have ears.

72.Too many cooks spoil the broth.

73.A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.

74.Look before you leap.

75.Prevention is better than cure.

76.To cry before you are heart.

77.To expect grapes out of thistles.

78.First deserve, than desire.

79.When all men say, "You are an ass",it is time to bray.

80.He gives thrice who gives in a trice.

81.Health is Wealth.

82.Empty vessel thunders much.

83.See which way the wind blows.

84.Mind your own buisness.

85.There is no rose without o thorn.

86.While there is life there is a hope.

87.Every man knows his business best.

88.He who seeks finds.

89.Lie has no legs to stand upon.

90.Where there is a will there is a way.

91.Barking dogs seldom bite.

92.As you sow, so shall you reap.

93.Come what way.

94.While in Rome, do as the Romans do.

95.Cut your coat according your cloth.

96.Like saint, like offering.

97.Like dog,like stick.

98.As many mouths, so many opinions.

99.While there is rice in your dish, I am your companion.

100.Love begets love.

101.Heart speaks to heart.

102.A friend is need is a friend indeed.

103.A tree is known by its fruit.

104.See which way the wind blows.

105.Money makes the mare go.

106.A silver key opens the door.

107.It is hard to live in Rome and fight with Pope.

108.There is somethig wrong at the bottom.

109.A burnt child dreads the fire.

110.Honesty is the best policy.

111.Between two stools you fall the ground.

112.A rolling stone gathers no moss.

113.A drowning man catches at a straw.

114.The fox preys farthest from its den.

115.Money attracts money.

116.The safest way round is the shortest way home.

117.Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.

118.What God will, no frost can kill.

119.A sweet tongue is a good weapon.

120.Half a load is better than none.

121.I ask for a fork and you bring a rake.

122.A sleeping fox catches no poultry.

123.Speech is silver, but silence is gold.

124.Old birds are not caught with chaff.

125.To meet with fortune's mishap at the very outset.

126.Slow and steady win the race.

127.Better give the wool than the whole sheep.

128.Truth is ever green.

129.Truth is bitter.

130.A constant guest is never welcomed.

131.All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye.

132.Spend and God will send.

133.A fair face may hide a foul heart.

134.If you live in a glass house, do not throw stones at others.

135.Cleanliness is next to godliness.

136.It is never too late to mend.

137.Necessity is the mother of invention.

138.All the glitters is not gold.

139.Fair exchange is no robbery.

140.A nod to the wise and a rod to the otherwise.

141.A word to the wise.

142.Khowlege is power.

143.Pride has a fall.

144.To err is human;to forgive,divine.

145.To owe is woe.

146.Too much familarity breeds contempt.

147.What cannot be cured must be endured.

148.Contentment is the blessing.

149.You cannot befool all the people all the time.

150.Birds of the same feathers flock together.

151.Two of the trade seldom agree.

152.Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

153.Practice makes a man perfect.

154.A mountain in labour and mouse the result.

155.Handsome is that handsome does.

156.An old dog will learn no tricks.

157.The master's eye makes the mare fat.

158.Evil persuits bring evil reputation.

159.To nip the evil in the bud.

160.Time once gone cannot be recalled.

161.Let the dead past bury its dead.

162.To swallow a camel, to stain a gnat.

163.Dry bread at home is better than roasi meat aborad.

164.Do not take up old quarrels.

165.A prophet is seldom honoured in his own country.

166.To through pearls before swine.

167.A neighbour's gen is a goose and his wife as young as a girl.

168.A good name is better than bags of gold.

169.The butcher looked for the knife when he had it in the mouth.

170.Rod is the logic of fools.

171.Knock and it shall be opened.

172.A wolf in lamb's clothing.

173.Easy come, easy go.

174.III got, ill spend.

175.An open door will tempt even a saint.

176.Death devours the lamb as well as the sheep.

177.Death keeps no calender.

178.An unwilling mind finds many excuses.

179.Death with friends is a festival.

180.Don't look a gift-horse in the mouth.

181.Adversity flatters no man.

182.The cheaper buyer takes bad meat.

183.A desperate man, akk things can.

184.Let him strew in his own fat.

185.An universal guest is seldom welcomed.

186.Death defies the docter.

187.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

188.Poverty breeds strife.

189.A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

190.A little knowlege is a dangerous thing.

191.Beauty needs no ornaments.

192.Let not the left hand know what the right hand gives.

193.A new broom sweeps clean.

194.The bough that bears most bends most.

195.Well begun is half done.

196.What the eye sees not, the heart rushes not.

197.One slays, another pays.

198.Ever spare, ever have.

199.If the sky falls,we shall catch larks.

200.Virtue survives the grave.

201.To pose as a saint after a life of wise.

202.Blood is thicker than water.

203.A stich is time that saves nine.

204.It is harping on the same tune.

205.They are the chips of the same block.

206.Gone is the goose that laid the golden egg.

207.Time is a great healer.

208.Rome was not built in a day.

209.If wishes were horses, beggers would ride.

210.It is silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

211.Honest is the cat when the meat is upon the hook.

212.Great braggers, little doers.

213.Great cry little gain.

214.Fetters even of gold are heavy.

215.Few words are best.

216.Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.

217.Fair exchange is no robbery.

218.Crooked by nature is never made straight by education.

219.Cursed cows have short horns.

220.Cooks are not to be taught in their own kitchen.

221.Better be denied than deceived.

222.A blind man's wife need no paint.

223.A timid cat makes a proud mouse.

224.A big head and little wit.

225.Honey is not for ass's mouth.

226.Jack of all trades.

227.Grapes are sour.

228.Self evident needs no proof.

229.All the glitters is not glod.

230.New lords, new laws.

231.Nothing venture, nothing have.

232.No rose without thorn.

233.Christmas comes but once a year.

234.There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.

235.Every tide has its ebb.

236.It never rains but pours.

237.It is good sometimes to hold a candle to the devil.

238.Money for money and interest besides.

239.Occupation is the salt of life.

240.If God be for us, who can be against us.

241.If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.

242.If I lose my honour, I lose myself.

243.If you play with a fool at home, he will play with you in the market.

244.No fence against gold.

245.Seeing is believing.

246.Sell not the bear's skin before you have caught it.

247.Smooth waters run deep.

248.Who hath God, hath all.

249.Small in work,great in dispute.
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