Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Blood will have blood.
Blood will not turn water.
Blood will out.
Blood’s thicker than water.
Bloom where you are planted.
Blossom where you are planted.
Blossoms are not fruits.
Blow first, and sip afterwards.
Blow the wind never so fast, it will fall at
last.
Blow your horn in a herd of elephants; crow
in the company of cockerels; bleat in a
flock of goats.
Blow, smith, and you’ll get money.
Blows are not given upon conditions.
Blue are the faraway hills.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Blue eyes say, “Love me or I die”; black eyes
say, “Love me or I kill thee.”
Blushing is the paint of good habits.
Boast during the day; be humble at night.
Boast not of tomorrow, for you know not
what the day may bring forth.
Boast to a stranger, complain only to your
friends.
Boastin’ man brudder a de liar.
Boasting begins where wisdom stops.
Boat-swalling fish do not live in brooks.
Bob’s your uncle.
Boden gear stinks.
Boil not the pap before the child is born.
Boil stones in butter, and you may sip the
broth.
Boil the water and the scum will rise to the
top.
Bold in design, but timid in execution.
Bold resolution is the favourite of
providence.
Bolder than a rooster.
Boldly ventured is half won.
Boldness does not always succeed.
Boldness in business is the first, second and
third thing.
Boldness is the fruit of hope.
Bolt a door with a boiled carrot.
Bone in chicken, relatives in man.
Bones and flesh of the martyrs lie buried in
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earth, but their revolutionary spirit and
single-hearted fidelity remain alive.
Bones snatched from the mouth of a hungry
dog.
Bonie silver is soon spendit.
Book stands by itself and experience stands
by itself.
Books and friends should be few and good.
Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity.
Books are preserved parts of minds.
Books provide knowledge, life furnishes
understanding.
Books speak to the mind, friends to the
heart, heaven to the soul, all else to the
ears.
Borderers are either thieves or murderers.
Boredom is the father of all sins.
Born by the fire and die by the fire.
Born quick, born blind.
Borrow causes sorrow.
Borrowed bread lies heavy on the stomach.
Borrowed clothes are either too tight or too
loose.
Borrowed garments do not fit well.
Borrowed garments never fit well.
Borrowed wives, like borrowed books, are
seldom returned.
Borrowing brings care.
Borrowing brings sorrowing
Borrowing does well only once.
Borrowing is bad, and paying back is always
a loss.
Borrowing is like a wedding, repaying is
like mourning.
Borrowing thrives but once.
Borrows must not be choosers.
Both are the better for their mutual
friendship.
Both cheap and angry.
Both cold and hunger make the mouth
quiver.
Both legs in the stocks or only one, ‘tis all
the same.
Both noble and common blood are the same
color.
Both quarrellers are to be punished.