Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Mackerel sky and mares' tails make lofty
ships carry low sails.
Mad as a wet hen.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for
more.
Mad dogs get their coats torn.
Mad dogs get their skin torn.
Mad drunkenness discloses every secret.
Mad love--I for you, and you for another.
Made thirthy, we should make thirty-one.
Maiden's bairns are aye well bred.
Maidens say no, and mean yes.
Maidens should be meek till they be
married.
Maidens should be meek while they be
married.
Maids say nay, and take.
Mair by luck than good guiding.
Mair hamely than welcome.
Mair hast the waur speed.
Maistery mowes the Meadows down.
Maize cannot get justice in a chicken's court.
Maize grows well for those without teeth.
(People who don’t deserve to get
something are often the ones who get
them.)
Maize grows well where people have no
teeth.
Maize matures for people without teeth.
Make a bridge of silver for the flying enemy.
Make a friend of the wolf, but keep your axe
ready.
Make a friend when you don't need one.
Make a garden or plant, and a man is happy
for life.
Make a kirk or a mill o't.
Make a loan and lose a friend.
Make a ng’anga cautions, illness always
comes. (don’t disappoint who assist you)
Make a pact with the devil until you have
crossed the bridge.
Make a silver bridge for a flying enemy.
Make a sound in the east then strike in the
west.
Make a virtue of necessity.
Make a virtue out of necessity.
Make ae lang step and down ye gae.
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Make agreements without guile.
Make ample provision for old age.
Make bread while the oven is hot.
Make deaf ears to stupid words.
Make do with bread and butter until God
can bring you jam.
Make every bargain clear and plain, that
none may afterwards complain.
Make friends with what is good in a man
and not his goods.
Make fun of the man, not of his hat.
Make good flour and you need no trumpet.
Make good flour, and do not blow the
trumpet.
Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
Make happy those who are near, and those
who are far will come.
Make haste slowly.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make love, not war.
Make me a diviner and I will make thee rich.
Make me a prophet and I will make you
rich.
Make money and money should make you.
Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if
defeated, I will not be ashamed.
Make new friends but keep the old.
Make new friends, but don't forget the old
ones.
Make no balks of good beerland.
Make no headache of what is not your
business.
Make no more haste than good speed.
Make not a balk of good ground.
Make not a fence more expensive or more
important than the thing that is fenced.
Make not meikle of little.
Make not the door wider than the house.
Make not the sauce till you have caught the
fish.
Make not thy tail broader than thy wings.
Make not twa mewes of ane daughter.
Make not twa mewes of ane daughter.
Make not your sail too big for the ballast.
Make not your sail too big for your ballast.