Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Don’t dirty the place where you have eaten.
Don’t divide the fur on the bear.
Don’t divide the spoil before the victory is
won.
Don’t do all you can, spend all you have,
believe all you hear, or tell all you know.
Don’t do good that could look bad.
Don’t do that of which you doubt the
propriety.
Don’t do to others what you would not have
done to you.
Don’t do today what you can put off until
tomorrow.
Don’t draw a sword against a louse.
Don’t draw another’s bow, don’t ride
another’s horse, don’t mind another’s
business.
Don’t drive a Binya into the woods if he has
found his way to your house.
Don’t drown the man who taught you to
swim.
Don’t drown yourself to save a drowning
man.
Don’t eat the calf in the cow’s belly.
Don’t eat your bread on someone else’s
table.
Don’t empty the water jar until the rain falls.
Don’t enter a defecating competition against
an elephant.
Don’t estimate the value of a badger skin
before catching the badger.
Don’t even take a bath with fools, because
they’ll throw away the soap.
Don’t ever try to give a spear to a former
mad man.
Don’t expect a cherry tree from an acorn.
Don’t expect a dove from a snake’s egg.
Don’t expect from others what you can’t
promise them yourself.
Don’t expect to be offered a chair when you
are visiting a place where the chief sits
on the floor.
Don’t expect. Inspect.
Don’t extinguish something that does not
burn you.
Don’t fall before you’re pushed.
Don’t fan the flame that supports the fire.
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Don’t fetch water in a basket.
Don’t fight a lion with a stick.
Don’t fight with someone who has nothing
to lose.
Don’t fight with the strong one, don’t sue
the rich one.
Don’t find fault with what you don’t
understand.
Don’t fire until you see the white of his eye.
Don’t fly till your wings are feathered.
Don’t get mad, get even.
Don’t get scaled by the gruel of another.
Don’t give a child a name until after it is
born.
Don’t give a dog a bad name in order to
have an excuse to burn it.
Don’t give away what you need for yourself.
Don’t give cherries to a pig; don’t give
advice to a fool.
Don’t give cherries to pigs or advice to fools.
Don’t give in to spells, they won’t give in to
you.
Don’t give your son’s wife fall-harvest
eggplant to eat.
Don’t give yourself more tasks than you can
handle.
Don’t go a-fishing to a famous stream.
Don’t go early or late to the well.
Don’t go near the water until you learn how
to swim.
Don’t go putting wool on a sheep’s back.
Don’t go selling the hide while the bear
remains in the hole.
Don’t go to law with the devil in the court of
hell.
Don’t go to the doctor for every malady, nor
to the lawyer for every disagreement,
nor to the fountain for every thirst.
Don’t go to the pub without money.
Don’t guild the lily.
Don’t halt before you are lame.
Don’t hang all your clothes on one hook.
Don’t hang your conscience on your back.
Don’t hang your hat higher than you can
reach.