Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Monkey no fine but im mama like am (The
monkey might be ugly but his mother
loves him).
Monkeys don't advise there young ones to
be careful on trees they just remind them
of the distance to the ground.
Monkeys must disperse once their tree falls.
Monks have both a capacious sleeve and a
tight sleeve.
Monks, mice, rats, vermin, seldom sunder
without harming.
Monreale, a city without comfort, either it
rains, or the wind blows, or bells ring for
the dead.
Mony a ane serves a thankless master.
Mony a ane spears the gate they ken.
Mony a ane's gear has hastened his hinder
end.
Mony a gude tale is spoilt in the telling.
Mony ane kisses the bairn for love o the
nurse.
Mony ane wad hae been waur had their
estates been better.
Mony aunts, mony emes, mony kin, but few
friends.
Mony cooks ne'er made good kail.
Mony dogs die or ye fa' heir.
Mony good nights is laith away.
Mony hands make light wark.
Mony hounds may soon worry a hare.
Mony littles maks a muckle.
Mony sma's mak a great.
Mony ways to kill a dog though ye dinna
hang him.
Mony words, muckle drouth.
Mony wyte their wife for their ain thriftless
like.
Moonlight and boiled rice.
Moral people sleep well at night, but the
immoral seem to get pleasure from the
waking hours much more.
More afraid than hurt.
More are drowned in the bowl than in the
sea.
More awake than a wolf.
More belongs to dancing than a pair of
dancing-shoes.
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More belongs to riding than a pair of boots.
More blind than the cast-off skin of a
serpent.
More careful than an ant.
More cautious than a crow.
More corn grows in crooked rows.
More cost, more worship.
More credit is given to the eyes than to the
ears.
More cursed than Abi Lahab.
More desperate than a drowning person.
More die because they live to eat, than die
by the sword.
More die by food than famine.
More enduring than a donkey.
More ewes, more flus.
More fair than scales.
More fake than a mirage.
More famous than a fire on a flag.
More fearful than an ostrich.
More festive than the feast itself is the day
before.
More flies are caught with a drop of honey
than with a barrel of vinegar.
More flies are caught with a spoonful of
syrup than with a barrel full of vinegar.
More flies are caught with honey than with
molasses.
More flies are caught with honey than with
vinegar.
More flies are taken with a drop of honey
than a tun of vinegar.
More flies mean more food.
More flirty than oumrou'o al kayss.
More fluent than Qas Bin Sa'ida.
More generous than Hatim.
More greedy than Asha'ab.
More grows in a garden than the gardener
sows there.
More grows in a tilled field than is sown in
it.
More grows in the garden than the gardener
knows he has sown.
More hair than tit, like a mountain heifer.
More handy than a silk worm.