Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
She who doesn't say it to you isn't your
friend.
She who gives birth to triplets cannot ask for
a third breast.
She who grinds millet should have wisdom
about rainy clouds and winds.
She who ignores advice does not resist when
being prepared for burial.
She who is a beauty is half married.
She who is born a beauty is born betrothed.
She who is pregnant, is pregnant-even
though she wrap herself in an 'mkaja'.
She who keeps losing children doesn't
invent names anymore.
She who laughs not in the morning, laughs
not at noon.
She who loves an ugly man thinks him
handsome.
She who wants to marry her stepfather
regrets it in bed.
She wipes the plate with the cat's tail.
She would be a nice girl if she didn't have
her head.
She would drink the cream and say the cat
she had was an old rogue.
She’s the cat’s mother.
Shear the sheep but don't flay them.
Shed no tears until seeing the coffin.
Sheep-killing dogs are vicious.
Sheepskin coat to sheepskin coat, cloth coat
to cloth coat.
She'll keep her ain side o the hoose, an gang
up an doun yours.
She's a foul bird that syles her own nest.
She's better than she's bonny.
She's for knitting and sewing and scraping
potatoes, and you should be glad to
catch the like.
Shew me the man, and I will shew you the
Law.
Shining I Inside, let Him guide my heart.
Shirk work and you will want bread.
Shit floats to the top.
Shit rolls downhill.
Shit will smell, no matter how small.
Shod in the cradle, bair-foot in the Stubble.
Shoe is on the other foot
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Shoemaker stick to your last.
Shoemakers are always the worst shod.
Shoemakers go to mass and pray that sheep
may die.
Shoot a daw and a crow, and soon you'll hit
a falcon.
Shoot at a pigeon and kill a crow.
Shoot at someone's shadow with sand.
Shoot the bear before you skin it.
Shooting space garbage is no test of a
warriors mettle.
Short acquaintance brings repentance.
Short cuts are long ways round.
Short flax makes long thread.
Short folk are soon angry.
Short hair is soon brushed.
Short hose must have long points.
Short is the road that leads from fear to
hatred.
Short judgments make long friends.
Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain.
Short love, long sighs.
Short pleasure often brings long repentance.
Short pleasure, long pain.
Short prayers reach heaven.
Short reckonings make long friends.
Short rents mak careless tenants.
Should the heavens fall, many pipkins will
be broken.
Shoulders cannot go above the head.
Shout before the water reaches your neck.
(Take action before things become
worse)
Show a dog a finger, and he wants the
whole hand.
Show her the rudder, but don't steer her
boat.
Show me a liar and I’ll show you a thief.
Show me a liar, and I will show you a thief.
Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.
Show me a poor man, I will show you a
flatterer.
Show me your friend and I will show you
your character.