Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A mother can more easily feed seven
children than seven children can feed
one mother.
A mother cannot give birth to something
bigger than herself.
A mother has little love for a son who did
not give her pain.
A mother is a school, preparing her is like
preparing a good nation.
A mother is always a mother.
A mother is gold, a father is a mirror.
A mother is like a kernel, crushed by prob-
lems but strong enough to overcome
them.
A mother never thinks her baby is ugly.
A mother of twins should have impartial
breasts.
A mother understands what a child does
not say.
A mother who is a thief doesn’t trust her
child.
A mother will understand what her dumb
son says.
A mother won’t give milk to her child until
he cries.
A mother’s behind sins when it sits down.
A mother’s heart is a child’s schoolroom.
A mother’s heart is always with her
children.
A mother’s love is neverending.
A mother’s love never ages.
A mother’s tenderness for her children is as
discreet as the dew that kisses the earth.
A mother’s wrath does not survive the
night.
A mother-in-law made of sugar, still tastes
bitter.
A mother-in-law may be good, but she is
better when mother earth covers her up.
A mother-in-law who farts during the
supper foretells a good harvest.
A mountain doesn’t reach out to mountain,
a man is reaching out to a man.
A mountain of knives and a sea of fire.
A mouse does not share a bowl with a cat.
A mouse in pitch.
A mouse in time may bite in two a cable.
A mouse may help a lion.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
A mouse that removes the palm-nut that
turns out to be the bait of a trap, would
already have known that the palm-nut
does not ripen on the ground.
A mouse will put the finishing stroke to a
castle wall.
A mouse will scare a thief.
A mouse’s vision is an inch long.
A mouse-catching dog steps on the cats’
paws.
A mouth invites disaster.
A mouth is a thick bush. (a person may lie)
A mouth is an empty tin.
A mouth is worn out canoe. (a person can
say something he didn’t intend to say)
A mouth that praises and a hand that kills.
A much prayed for defunct goes straight to
hell.
A much-used plow shines; stagnant waters
stink.
A mud hut cannot withstand great shocks.
A muffled cat is no good mouser.
A muffled cat never caught a mouse.
A muffled cat was ne’er a good hunter.
A mule and a woman do what is expected
of them.
A mule can go to mecca, but it will not
come back as a pilgrim.
A mule can swim seven different strokes
but the moment he sees the water he for-
gets them all.
A mule driver is not aware of the stink of
his animals.
A mule laden with gold is welcome at every
castle.
A mule that grazes with horses thinks it is
also a horse.
A mule that thinks he is a stag discovers his
mistake when he comes to leap over the
ditch.
A mule who goes in search of a fine set of
antlers, will come back with his ears cut
off.
A mute bird makes no omen.
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