Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Brevity is pleasing.
Brevity is the soul of wit
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Bribery is the enemy of justice.
Bribery makes both parties happy.
Bribes will enter without knocking.
Bricks and mortar make a house, but the
laughter of children makes a home.
Bride, look back. (it is unwise to disregard
ones relatives or friends upon entry of
privilege or position)
Brides and mothers-in-law are like dogs and
monkeys.
Brief encounters can result in long relation-
ships.
Bright enough in the dark, dull in time of
day.
Brighter than a peacock.
Bring a cow into the hall and she’ll run the
byre again.
Bring not a bagpipe to a man in trouble.
Bring up a raven, and he will peck out your
eyes.
Broad thongs may be cut from other men’s
leather.
Broken eggs can never be mended.
Broken freendships can be soother’d, but
never soond.
Broken friendship may be soldered but can
never be made sound.
Broken friendships can be soldered, but
never sound.
Brooding may be very far from knowing.
Brotherly love for brotherly love, but cheese
for money.
Brothers and sisters are as close as hands
and feet.
Brothers are like hands and feet.
Brothers love each other when they are
equally rich.
Brothers, rivers and priests are three bad
neighbors.
Brute strength is not the most important
asset in a fight.
Bucket wid hole a battam have no business a
riverside.
Buffaloes are held by ropes, man by his
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words.
Bugbear took it all.
Build a golden bridge for the fleeing enemy.
Build but one nest in one tree.
Build golden bridges for the flying foe.
Build the barn before you buy the cow.
Build with silver and cover with gold.
Building and marrying of children are great
wasters.
Building castles in the air.
Building the fence, when the cows are all
stole.
Bullies are generally cowards.
Bulls make money and bears make money,
but hogs just get slaughtered.
Bump-thump-scratch. It’s all on a big man’s
skin.
Burgundy for kings, champagne for
duchesses, claret for gentlemen.
Burial is the way to honor the dead.
Burn a good maltese; let alone a bad one.
Burn not your house to fright the mouse
away.
Burn not your house to scare away the mice.
Burn one day’s gathering of firewood on the
same day.
Burn your enemies caravan and you burn
your future.
Burned child avoids the fire.
Burning the candle at both ends.
Burning the poor man’s candles, counting
the rich man’s money.
Burning the quilt because of the fleas.
Burnt bairns dread fire.
Burnt child fears the fire.
Bury can’t and you’ll find will.
Bury me on my feet, I have spent my entire
life on my knees.
Bury truth in a golden coffin, it will break it
open.
Bury your own dead.
Bush natural; more hair than wit.
Bushes have ears, walls have eyes.
Business and folding screens must be
crooked to stand.
Business before pleasure.
Business first, pleasure after.