Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Care for your horse as a friend; ride it as if it
were an enemy.
Care is the mother of the porcelain cabinet.
Care killed the cat.
Care now, be cared for later.
Care shall gnaw thy heart if thou canst not
tell all thy mind to another.
Care, and not fine stables, make a good
horse.
Careless hurry may cause endless regret.
Careless rat chewing on a cat’s tail: beware
lightning!
Carelessness is worse than a thief.
Caress your dog, and he’ll spoil your
clothes.
Carnival on the balcony, Easter by the fire.
Carpe diem (Pluck the day; seize the day)
Carrick for a man, kyle for a coo,
cunningham for corn and ale, and a
galloway for woo’.
Carry bread in your hood to Don Garcia’s
wedding.
Carrying saut to dysart and puddings to
tranent.
Carrying water to the sea.
Carthage must be destroyed.
Carve the peg by looking at the hole.
Carve the peg only after studying the hole.
Carve your good words in stone, the bad in
snow.
Cast a bane in the deil’s teeth.
Cast no dirt into the well that gives you
water.
Cast no roses before swine.
Cast not forth the old water while the new
come in.
Cast not pearls to swine.
Cast not your pearls before swine.
Cast the beam out of your own eye before
you try to cast the mote from the eyes of
your neighbour.
Castedduvitranu, Castelvetrano, rich in
eggplants and good wine.
Casting the iron whilst it is hot.
Castles were built a stone at a time.
Cat died of curiosity.
Cat luck en’ dog luck.
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Cat no deh, ratta tek over.
Cat patting leads to hump raising.
Catch a bull by him horn and a man by him
words.
Catch a tiger with bare hands.
Catch before hanging.
Catch fish two hands.
Catch not at the shadow and lose the
substance.
Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
Catch the bird before you build a cage.
Catch the bird but watch for the wave.
Catch the halter rope and it will lead you to
the donkey.
Catch the opportunity.
Catch who catch can.
Catching’s before hanging.
Cats don’t catch mice to please God.
Cats don’t catch the old birds.
Cats eats that Hussies spares.
Cats hide their claws.
Cats like man are flatterers.
Cats that wear gloves catch no mice.
Cattle die and kinsmen die, thyself too soon
must die, but one thing never, I ween,
will die, the doom on each one dead.
Cattle die, kinsmen die, and so shall you die
too. But one thing I know that never
dies: the fame of a dead man’s deeds.
Caught between a rock and a hard place.
Caution is a parent of safety.
Caution is not cowardice; even the ants
march armed.
Caution is the downfall to ambition.
Caution is the parent of delicate beer-
glasses.
Caution is the parent of safety.
Caution minimizes loss.
Cautious in small matters, careless in great.
Cautious, careful people, always casting
about to preserve their reputations, can
never effect a reform.
Cavaliers, priests, and dangerous places,
speak nicely about them but keep your
distance.