Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a
big one to catch it.
A little dog, a cow without horns, and a
short man, are generally proud.
A little doubt saves many a mistake.
A little fire burns up a great deal of corn.
A little gall embitters much honey.
A little gall make a great deal of honey
bitter.
A little gall spoils a great deal of honey.
A little gall spoils much honey.
A little help does a great deal.
A little help is better than a lot of pity.
A little help is worth a lot of pity.
A little idleness causes the ruin of the
beehive.
A little idleness lost a tilled field.
A little impatience spoils great plans.
A little injury dismays, and a great one
stills.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
A little knowledge is dangerous. Drink
deep, or taste not the puritan waters.
A little leak will sink a great ship.
A little learning is a dangerous thing
A little leaven leavens a great mass.
A little leaven smoothes away the whole
lump.
A little loss frightens, a great one tames.
A little makes a debtor and much an enemy.
A little man fells a great oak.
A little man often casts a long shadow.
A little man sometimes casts a long
shadow.
A little nod is enough for the wise man; an
ass needs a fist.
A little of anything isn’t worth a pin; but a
wee bit of sense is worth a lot.
A little of what you fancy does you good
A little pack serves a little pedlar.
A little pepper burns a big man’s mouth.
A little pleases a poor man.
A little pot boils easily.
A little pot is soon hot.
A little pot quickly boils.
A little rain each day will fill the rivers to
overflowing.
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A little rain stills a great wind.
A little sheep always seems young.
A little shrub may grow into a tree.
A little spark can kindle a great fire.
A little spark kindles a great fire.
A little stone in the way overturns a great
wain.
A little stone may upset a large cart.
A little stone overturns a great cart.
A little stream drives a great mill.
A little subtleness is better than a lot of
force.
A little thing can ruin the whole thing.
A little thing in hand is worth more than a
great thing in prospect.
A little thing often helps.
A little too late is much too late.
A little truth helps the lie go down.
A little truth makes the whole lie pass.
A little water is a sea to an ant.
A little wind kindles, much puts out the
fire.
A little wit ser’s a lucky man.
A little with quiet is the only diet.
A little, contemptible path is sometimes the
one that leads you to the highway.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A living ass is better than a dead doctor.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A lizard can’t be a snake even without its
limbs.
A lizard in the village can never be a croco-
dile in the city.
A lizard longs to sit down but its tail
doesn’t let it.
A lizard on a cushion will still seek leaves.
A lizard that fell from the top of a tree
wastes its time looking back to where it
fell from; if there was anything good the
lizard deserved, it could not have
missed it while it was there on top of the
tree.
A lizard that fell from the top of a tree
wastes its time looking backwards.