Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Dog eats excreta, but goat gets rotten teeth.
Dog got four feet but can’t walk but one
road.
Dog has to have its stomach full.
Dog won’t eat dog.
Dogs are dogs, but cats are people.
Dogs bark and cows chew grass.
Dogs bark and oxen graze.
Dogs bark at hose they don’t know.
Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.
Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
Dogs cannot make dreams come true, peo-
ple must do that.
Dogs delight to bark and bite for God has
made them so.
Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it
is just that no one ever gives them meat.
Dogs do not dislike poor families.
Dogs don’t love people, they love the place
where they are fed.
Dogs don’t love people, they love the place
where they are fed.
Dogs gnaw bones because they cannot
swallow them.
Dogs have so many friends because they
wag their tails, not their tongues.
Dogs have teeth in all countries.
Dogs see people as companions; cats see
people as staff.
Dogs that always fight always have bleeding
ears.
Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.
Dogs that bark much don’t bite.
Dogs that bark, protect you.
Dogs that fight each other will join forces
against the wolf.
Dogs understand each other by their
barking, and men by their words.
Dogs wag their tails, not so much in love to
you as to your bread.
Dogs will red swine.
Doing is better than saying.
Doing nothing is doing ill.
Doing nothing teaches doing ill.
Doing that which has been done to us is not
a sin.
Dominies come for your wine, and officers
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for your daughters.
Don’t admire the flying bird before you
know the pain of flapping.
Don’t allow a handshake to pass the elbow.
Don’t allow the grass to grow on the path of
friendship.
Don’t approach a goat from the front, a
horse from the back or a fool from any
side.
Don’t ask a dog to judge between a pillar
and a tree.
Don’t ask a man for a favour before he has
had his lunch.
Don’t ask an innkeeper the way.
Don’t ask in this life for the three most
difficult things: good sons, long life and a
long beard.
Don’t ask me where I am going but where I
have come from.
Don’t ask questions about fairy tales.
Don’t ask questions of fairy tales.
Don’t ask the singer to sing until he wishes
to sing by himself.
Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the
water.
Don’t bargain with God.
Don’t be a hypocrite.
Don’t be a lion in your own house.
Don’t be a sling bag.
Don’t be a thief and won’t fear the king.
Don’t be a thief and you won’t fear the king.
Don’t be a tiger’s head with a snake’s tail.
Don’t be afraid of a spot that can be
removed with water.
Don’t be afraid of he who’s loud and noisy,
be afraid of he who’s head is down.
Don’t be afraid of the chili pepper, even
though it’s so red.
Don’t be afraid to cry. It will free your mind
of sorrowful thoughts.
Don’t be ever in court or a castle without a
woman to make your excuse.
Don’t be fooled by how clean the turban is,
the soap was probably bought on credit.