Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Mr. Not-present was the brave man.
Mr. Pig cried just before the rope was about
to snap. (Don’t be quick to lose hope
because doing so may prevent you from
getting something good.)
Much ado about nothing.
Much ado and little help.
Much always longs for more.
Much bread grows in a winter night.
Much broth is sometimes made with little
meat.
Much caution does no harm.
Much chatter, little wit.
Much coin, much care.
Much cry and little wool.
Much cry, little wool. (Great cry, little wool).
Much kindred, much trouble.
Much laugher, short wisdom.
Much laughter, little brains.
Much laughter, little wit.
Much law, but little justice.
Much law, little justice.
Much learning makes men mad.
Much meat, much disease.
Much meat, much maladies.
Much memory and little judgment.
Much money, much friends.
Much more than you have sown will grow
in your garden.
Much never cost little.
Much noise and little wool, said the devil,
when he was shearing the sow.
Much noise from nothing.
Much pleasure and little grief is every man's
desire.
Much pressed is he who fain on the hearth
would seek for warmth and weal.
Much science, much sorrow.
Much smoke, and little roast.
Much straw and little corn.
Much talk, little work.
Much talking does not make you a leader.
Much talking, much erring.
Much taste, much waste.
Much travel is needed to ripen a man's
rawness.
Much water has run in the Danube sine
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Much water passes by the mill that the
miller perceives not.
Much water runs by while the miller sleeps.
Much water will flow in the Danube until
then.
Much wealth brings many enemies.
Much wisdom is lost in poor men's mouths.
Much wisdom is smothered in a poor man's
head.
Much wit is lost in a poor man's purse.
Much worship, much cost.
Much would have more, and lost all.
Much would have more.
Muck and money gae thegither.
Muckle corn, muckle care.
Muckle spoken, part spilt.
Mud houses don't burn.
Muddied water does not reflect.
Muddy springs will have muddy streams.
Muddy water won't do for a mirror.
Mules are always boasting that their
ancestors were horses.
Mules help to scratch each other.
Mules make a great fuss about their
ancestors having been donkeys.
Mullah is sick when poor dies.
Murder rectifies nothing.
Murder will out.
Mus tek cyear a de root fa heal de tree.
(Take care of the roots to heal the tree.)
Music and women should not be dated.
Music has charms to soothe the savage
breast
Music helps not the toothache.
Music induces more madness in many than
wine.
Music is the best cure for a sorrowing mind.
Music is the handmaid of divinity.
Music provokes love.
Music speaks louder than words.
Musle not the Oxens mouth.
Must is a hard nut.
Must is a kings word.
Mustard after meat.
Mustard after the meal.
Mute as a fish.