Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A hundred divine epochs would not suffice
to describe all the marvels of the
Himalaya.
A hundred male and a hundred female
qualities make a perfect human being.
A hundred men can make an encampment,
but it requires a woman to make a
home.
A hundred men can sit together quietly but
when two dogs get together there will
be a fight.
A hundred men may make an
encampment, but it takes a woman to
make a home.
A hundred no’s are less agonizing than one
insincere yes.
A hundred tailors, a hundred millers, and a
hundred weavers make three hundred
thieves.
A hundred waggonsful of sorrow will not
pay a handful of debt.
A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will
not pay a single ounce of debt.
A hundred years a banner, a hundred years
a barrow.
A hundred years cannot repair a moment’s
loss of honour.
A hundred years hence we shall all be bald.
A hundred years is not much, but never is a
long time.
A hundred years of fretting will not pay a
halfpenny of debt.
A hundred years of regret pay not a
farthing of debt.
A hundred years of wrong do not make an
hour of right.
A hundred-year-old revenge still has its
baby teeth.
A hungry ass eats any straw.
A hungry ass keeps her kicking end down.
A hungry ass needs not a blow.
A hungry bear won’t dance.
A hungry belly has no ears.
A hungry belly hears nobody.
A hungry belly listens to no one.
A hungry calf cannot frisk happily over
another with a full stomach.
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A hungry clown is half mad.
A hungry dog and a thirsty horse take no
heed of blows.
A hungry dog does not fear the stick.
A hungry dog is not afraid of a cudgelling.
A hungry dog will bring a lion down.
A hungry dog will eat dirty pudding.
A hungry dog will eat his own excrement
A hungry hen sees herself in a wheat silo.
A hungry horse maketh a clean manger.
A hungry louse bites fair.
A hungry man discovers more than a
hundred lawyers.
A hungry man is an angry man.
A hungry man is glad to get boiled wheat.
A hungry man observes no taboos.
A hungry man smells meat far.
A hungry man thinks he won’t be satiated,
a thirsty man thinks he won’t be
quenched.
A hungry man will listen to nothing.
A hungry man will thrust his fingers into a
snake’s hole in search of a grasshopper.
A hungry man’s any angry.
A hungry person dreams of sangak bread.
A hungry pig dreams of acorns.
A hungry stomach has no ears.
A hungry stomach is aye craving.
A hungry stomach makes a short prayer.
A hungry wolf is not at rest.
A hungry wolf is stronger than a satisfied
dog.
A hunter does not tell of everything he sees
in the bush.
A hunter has no mysterious notions about
the forest.
A hunter is not afraid of thorns.
A hunter who is never satisfied with his
gain will one day be forced to carry
home an elephant.
A hunter with one arrow doesn’t shoot
with a careless aim.
A hunter’s knife cannot carve its own han-
dle.