Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Marriage is a lick of honey and a barrel of
bitter.
Marriage is a little bit like buying melons,
you need a little luck.
Marriage is a lottery.
Marriage is a sack full of ninety-nine snakes
and one eel.
Marriage is a snake to slip into your
handbag.
Marriage is fire, everyone jump into it at his
own risk.
Marriage is heaven and hell.
Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who
are on the outside wish to get in; and
those who are on the inside wish to get
out.
Marriage is like a groundnut, you have to
crack it to see what is inside.
Marriage is like being in a tree; it doesn’t
wait to drop you down. (Don’t put all of
your trust in your marriage because it
can end unexpectedly.)
Marriage is not a place to stretch one’s legs.
(Don’t invest too much at the place
where you married because the marriage
may end at any time.)
Marriage is not a tight knot, but a slip knot.
Marriage is not just a porridge that you spit
out if it's too hot.
Marriage is not palm wine to be tasted
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep
with the enemy.
Marriage is the opposite to a fever attack; it
begins very hot and ends very cold.
Marriage must occur early or it will never
happen.
Marriage teaches you to live alone.
Marriage without lovemaking means sad
consequences and sorrow.
Marriage would be beautiful if it weren't for
cradle rocking.
Marriages and bishoprics are arranged in
heaven.
Marriages are all happy -- it's having
breakfast together that causes all the
trouble.
Marriages are all happy its having breakfast
412
together that causes all the trouble.
Marriages are made in heaven
Marriages are not as they are made, but as
they turn out.
Marriages are written in heaven.
Marriages sealed with rings end with drawn
knives.
Married couples tell each other a thousand
things without speech.
Married couples who love each other tell
each other a thousand things without
talking.
Married folk are like rats in a trap -- fain to
get others in, but fain to be out
themselves.
Married life without children is as the day
deprived of the sun's rays.
Married people and mules, leave them
alone.
Married people need a home of their own.
Married today, married tomorrow.
Marry a child of the devil and you're going
to have problems with your father-in-
law.
Marry a man older than you and not a
younger man, who will tire of you.
Marry a mountain girl and you marry the
whole mountain.
Marry a mountain woman and you will
marry the mountain.
Marry a person in your own rank in life.
Marry a woman from Truagh and you
marry all Truagh.
Marry for money, my little sonny, a rich
man's joke is always funny.
Marry for money, my little sonny, a rich
man's joke is always funny.
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in lent, and you'll learn to repent.
Marry in May, rue for aye.
Marry me forthwith, mother, for my face is
growing wrinkled.
Marry the girl of a good family though she
be seated on a mat, very poor.