Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Ca’ me, ca’ thee.
Cabbage for cabbage.
Cabbage is best after it is reheated seven
times.
Cabbage twice cooked is death.
Cactus is bitter only to him who tastes of it.
Cadgers speaks of lead saddles.
Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.
Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind
Calf is given, but then thigh is requested.
Calk is na sheares.
Calk is na sheares. Chalk’s no shears.
Call a cat a cat.
Call a pot, just don’t put into the oven.
Call a spade a spade.
Call a woman a harlot and you make her
one.
Call kinship with the hyena, and all hyenas
are your friend.
Call me anything but late for dinner.
Call me not fortunate till you see me buried.
Call me not olive before you see me
gathered.
Call no man happy till he dies.
Call not a surgeon before you are wounded.
Call not the devil, he will come fast enough
unbidden.
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Call one a thief, and he will steal
Call someone your lord and he’ll sell you in
the slave market.
Call the bear “Uncle” till you are safe across
the bridge.
Call your husband cuckold in jest, an he’ll
never suspect you.
Calling out for mother, only when you
stumble.
Calling the devil is not the same as seeing
him come.
Calm seas make sorry sailors.
Calm water does not mean there are no
crocodiles.
Calm weather in June, sets the corn in tune.
Calmness is a great advantage.
Calumniate strongly and some of it will
stick.
Came back with Hunain’s shoes. meaning:
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Came back with nothing.
Can a burst dam be mended with
toothpicks?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his
clothes not be burned?
Can a mill go with the water that’s past?
Can a mouse fall in love with a cat?
Can do is easily carried aboot wi’ ane.
Can I pull down the sun with a forked stick,
or prevent it from running its course?
Can the monkey know the taste of ginger?
Can your hands do what your tongue does?
Can’t have a family fuss without the whole
town knowing about it.
Can’t tell his ass from a hole in the ground.
Cancer--schmancer!--as long as you’re
healthy.
Candidates for circumcision.
Candlemas day, put beans in the clay; put
candles and candlesticks away.
Candlemas, Candlemas, whether windy or
rainy, winter has ended. And if the
weather is good, winter will last another
thirty days.
Candour breeds hatred.
Candour once went further boldly and in
smiles, but it crept home in tatters and
tears.
Candour will lose you some friends, but not
as many as deceit.
Cap in hand never did any harm.
Cap no fit you, you no tek i’ up.
Capacious as the sleeve of a monk and
patient as the priest with his arms across
his chest.
Capitalism is the exploitation of man by
man.
Capture all opportunities.
Cards play and gamblers brag.
Care about your students.
Care and diligence bring luck.
Care brings on grey hairs, and age without
years.
Care for the land, care for the people, go
forward.