Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If it can lick, it can bite.
If it does not kill you, it will bring you
happiness.
If it does not stink, it is not a foot.
If it does not trickle, it will drop.
If it doesn't have water for me, instead it has
bread for you.
If it goes, it goes, don't force it.
If it hurts to spend your money, you will go
hungry.
If it is good then the deed is more important
than the intention; if it's bad then the
intention is worse than the deed.
If it is here, it is everywhere. If it is not here,
it is nowhere.
If it is not broken don't try to fix it.
If it is not one's shirt, one should not put it
on.
If it is not stolen, it is a legacy.
If it is to be luck, the bull may as well calve
as the cow.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it isn't broke, don't fix it.
If it isn't wintry in January then expect the
worst in February.
If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it probably
needed fixing anyway.
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and
quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck.
If it moves, salute it; if it doesn't move, pick
it up; and if you can't pick it up, paint it.
If it must always be better, it can never be
good enough.
If it only depends on swearing, the cow is
ours.
If it pleases you, it does not displease me.
If it rained macaroni, what a fine time for
gluttons.
If it rains on the pastor it drops on the vicar.
If it thunders, wait for the rain. (To know if
a story is true, wait for all of the
evidence.)
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck,
looks like a duck, it must be a duck.
If it were ever to rain soup, the poor would
only have forks.
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If it were God's will, you could shoot with a
broom too.
If it were left to only the snail and the tor-
toise, there would be no gunshot in the
bush.
If it were not for eating, the back might wear
gold.
If it were not for hope, the heart would
break.
If it were not for the belly, the back might
wear gold.
If it were not for the hands, the clock would
be useless.
If it werena for the belly the back wad wear
gowd.
If it weren't for my need to fill my belly, I
would have gilded my arm.
If it weren't for sorrow and bad times, every
day would be Christmas.
If it winna be a gude shoe we'll mak a
bauchel o't.
If it's a big man that is hurting you, smile at
him.
If it's a cock it will crow and crow, if it's a
chicken it will peck its hip.
If it's a secret, it's binding.
If it's God's will the broom will lose its
handle.
If it's got badly, it'll go badly.
If it's in your way, knock it down.
If it's not here and now, who cares about
what and when?
If it's not one thing, it's another.
If it's not true, it's a good story.
If it's not your time, you won't be born and
you won't die.
If it's wrong to eat the devil, it's wrong to
drink his broth.
If Jesus Christ comes to help me, I laugh at
the angels.
If kneeled, then you've gotta pray.
If left on one side it will burn.
If lending were a good idea, then the
husband would lend out his wife.