Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Don't bargain for fish which are still in the
water.
Don't be a thief and you won't fear the king.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Don't burn your bridges behind you
Don't cast your pearls before swine
Don't change horses in midstream
Don't change horses in mid-stream.
Don't count your chickens before they are
hatched
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.
Don't curse the darkness, light a candle.
Dont cut off ya nose to spite ya face.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
Don't get mad, get even
Dont give away anything and then take it
back, or the person you gave it to will
“set a cat boil for you.”
Don't go near the water until you learn how
to swim.
Dont hang your hat where you cant reach it.
Don't insult the alligator until you've
crossed the river.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let the grass grow under your feet
Don't meet troubles half-way
Don't mix business with pleasure
Don't plant a seed in the sea.
Don't pour away your water on the strength
of a mirage
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Don't put gold buttons on a torn coat.
Don't put new wine into old bottles
Don't put the cart before the horse
Don't rock the boat
Don't shoot the messenger
Don't show me the palm tree, show me the
dates.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
Don't stretch out your open hand to one
who has never before given you
anything.
Don't sweat the small stuff
Don't teach the tiger cub to eat meat.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs
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Don't throw away the old bucket until you
know whether the new one holds water.
Don't throw pearls to swine
Don't throw the baby out with the
bathwater
Dont trouble trouble until trouble troubles
you.
Don't trust anyone over thirty
Don't trust in fortune until you are in
heaven.
Don't try to run before you can walk
Don't try to walk before you can crawl
Don't upset the apple-cart
Don't wash your dirty linen in public
Doth the moon on high care for the barking
of a dog?
Double charging will break a cannon.
Double drinks are good for drouth.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of
wisdom.
Doubt is the key to all knowledge.
Doubt is the key to knowledge.
Doubt makes the mountain which faith can
move.
Doubt whom you will, but never doubt
yourself.
Doubtful the die, and dire the cast.
Doubts mean losing half of one’s case
beforehand.
Doubts, helped a man to live, to grow, or to
build.
Draff is good enough for swine.
Dragons often rise up on their tail.
Draw a cake to satisfy one’s hunger.
Draw not thy bow before thy arrow be fixed.
Draw the bow but don’t shoot, it is a bigger
threat to be intimidated than to be hit.
Draw water from the new well, but do not
spit in the old one.
Drawn wells have sweetest water.
Dread the anger of the dove.
Dream different dreams on the same bed.
Dream of a funeral and you hear of a
marriage.