Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
It's easy to trust a cat once you put the
cream out of reach.
It's easy to wad your neighbor's field.
It's enough to make a parson swear, or a
quaker kick his mother.
It's evil to give meat to those who do not eat
meat.
It's fair that he who tried to steal yours, loses
his.
It's for her own good that the cat purrs.
It's from us that is on us.
It's fun to be a guest.
It's good dancing on another man's floor.
It's good feasting in another's hall.
It's good steering with wind and tide.
It's good to be clever, but not to show it.
It's good to be forward, but bad to be too
impudent.
It's good to be off wi' the old love Before ye
be on wi' the new.
It's good to have some friends both in
heaven and hell.
It's good to hope, it's the waiting that spoils
it.
It's good to learn from the errors of others,
since we don't have time to carry out all
of them ourselves.
It's good to watch the rain from a dry
standpoint.
It's gradually that castles are built.
It's gude to be out o' harm's gate.
Its gude to dread the warst, the best will be
the welcomer.
It's hard to catch hawks with empty hands.
It's hard to dance in chains.
It's hard to kill a bad thing.
It's hard to know the quality of a person, or
a watermelon.
It's hard to make a choice between two blind
dogs.
It's hard to please Greeks and Trojans at the
same time.
It's hard to please Greeks and Troyans.
It's hard to scare a person who thinks he will
benefit from dying.
It's hard to take britches off bare hips.
It's healthier to wear out many boots and
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few bed sheets.
It's ill jesting with edged tools.
It's ill speaking between a full man and a
fasting.
It's ill takkin corn frae geese.
It's ill to take the breeks off a hielandman.
It's ill waiting for dead men's shoes.
It's impossible to awaken a man who is pre-
tending to be asleep.
It's insane to oppose when you can neither
win nor compromise.
It's just a question of putting two and two
together.
It's just a wisp in place of a brush.
It's like catching two eels at a time.
It's like exchanging six for half a dozen.
It's like talking to a brick wall.
It's like water off a duck's back.
It's more blessed to give than to receive.
It's more brave to live than to die.
It's much easier to fall in love than to stay in
love.
It's much easier to swim in the direction of
the current.
It's natural for ducks to go barefoot.
It's natural to have some disagreement
between husband and wife.
It's never too late
It's never too late to die or get married.
It's never too late to mend.
Its nice throw a spear to a pig, but painful
when thrown to you.
It's nice to have a spoon in time for dinner.
It's no crime to steal from a thief.
It's no delay to stop to edge the tool.
It's no disgrace to be poor, but it can be
inconvenient.
It's no for nought that the gled whistles.
It's no good to sprick the bear with a needle.
It's no good trying to bite your navel.
It's no shame to look into the warm spring
sun and regret a lost limb.
It's no time to play chess when the house is
on fire.
It's no use boiling your cabbage twice.