Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
He that's born to be hanged will never be
drowned.
He that's ill to himself will be good to
naebody.
He that's long a giving, knows not how to
give.
He thinks nothing right, but what he does
himself.
He thinks that he himself is the very stone
that was hurled at the castle.
He thinks that roasted larks will fall into his
mouth.
He thinks to catch shell-fish in the trees.
He thought the ocean his own under his
spells.
He threatens many who affronts one.
He threatens who is afraid.
He threw in the towel.
He threw the reins between the horses.
He throws the beater too far.
He throws the hatchet.
He ties the dog to the post.
He tines bottles gathering straes.
He tint never a Cow, that grat for a needle.
He to whom God gives no sons, the devil
gives nephews.
He took care to enjoy himself as long as life
lasted.
He took the devil's mat, but he'll pay back
with his skin.
He travels fastest who travels alone.
He treads downwards, on his subordinates
and bows upwards, before his superiors.
He tried to pluck under her/his eyebrow,
but blinded the eye.
He tries to find his horse and is riding it.
He turns his coat, according to the wind.
He turns in his grave.
He turns like a weathercock.
He understands badly who listens badly.
He understood when the axe was already in
the head
He unravels the enigmas of the Sphinx.
He utters in his language something
different from what he ponders in his
mind.
He wad gang a mile to flit a sow.
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He waits long that waits for another main's
death.
He walks slowly and arrives first.
He wanders around by day a lot, learns a
lot.
He wanted to cure a healthy pig and ended
up with a sick one.
He wants for ever, who would more
acquire.
He wants to fly before he has wings.
He wants to learn how to shave using my
beard.
He was born on a Sunday, he likes work
ready done.
He was born upon St. Galtpert's night, three
days before luck.
He was born with a caul.
He was burned, so he ran into the bamboo
grove, but the grove caught fire.
He was carved of hard wood.
He was entrapped by the evening, it has cost
him his marriage.
He was left behind like the Wallachians by
St. Paul.
He was never good since the time a yard
made a coat for him.
He was scant of news, that told his father
was hang'd.
He was slain that had warning, not he that
took it.
He was snatched by the belt.
He was the bee that made the honey.
He was thrown into deep water.
He washes his hand.
He wastes his tears who weeps before the
judge.
He wat's nae whilk end o' him's uppermost.
He watsna whilk end o' him's upmost.
He wears the mourning of his
washerwoman.
He went off early in the morning and left
(on the ground of disagreement)
He whets his teeth on something.
He who abandons his family, god forsakes
him.
He who abuses others must not be
particular about the answer he gets.