Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
If February isn't cold and rainy, the March
landscape will be green.
If fish learn to keep him mouth shut,
fisherman wouldn’t catch him.
If flesh is not to be had, fish must content us.
If folly were a pain, there would be groaning
in every house.
If fool never go market, bad things wouldn’t
sell.
If fools ate no bread, corn would be cheap.
If fools went not to market, bad wares
would not be sold.
If fools were to eat no bread, corn would be
cheap.
If Fortune calls, offer him a seat.
If fortune turns against you, even jelly
breaks your tooth.
If God be with us, who will be against us.
If God bids thee draw, he will find thee a
rope; if he bids thee ride, he will find
thee a horse.
If God breaks your leg, He will teach you
how to limp.
If God closes the door, He opens the
window somewhere else.
If god does not grant you glory, be content
with fame.
If god doesnt take a lawyer, the devil will
haul him away.
If God give not bushelfuls, he gives
spoonfuls.
If God gives you leprosy, look to your own
past misdeeds.
If God had meant us to fly he'd have given
us wings
If God listened to every shepherd's curse,
our sheep would all be dead.
If God lived on Earth, all his windows
would be broken.
If God lived on earth, people would break
his windows.
If God sends you down a stony path, may
he give you strong shoes.
If God sends you meal, the devil takes the
sack.
If God should listen to rooks, he should
send a plague to horses.
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If God shuts one door, He opens another.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them
too much understanding.
If God were living on earth, people would
break His windows.
If God were not forgiving, heaven would be
empty.
If gold rusts, what will iron do?
If greedy wait, hot will cool.
If haply a fool should find for himself
wealth or a woman's love, pride waxes
in him but wisdom never and onward he
fares in his folly.
If he deceives me once, shame on him; if he
deceives me twice, shame on me.
If he fools me twice, shame on me.
If he gives you a rope, tie him with it.
If he has seven blind daughters, he will
marry them in an hour.
If he has thrown the only spear he had at
you, it means that he doesn't fear you.
If he hasn't seen her/his father, he would
claim to be a king.
If he is thrown out through the door, he
enters through the window.
If he keeps on imitating everybody the
monkey will one day cut his own throat.
If he may spend meikle, put the more to the
fire.
If he says yogurt is white, I'll say it's black.
If he should ask for wine, box his ears.
If he steal not my kail, break not my dike.
If he waits long enough the world will be his
own.
If he was any good, his name would be
Kheirollah.
If he won't carry the sack, give him a whack.
If he works for you, you work for him.
If heaven above lets fall a plum, open your
mouth.
If heaven drops a date, open your mouth.
If heaven drops you a date, it must be
received with an open mouth.
If heaven made him, earth can find some use
for him.
If her works for you, you work for him.