Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The best word is the unspoken word.
The best word still has to be spoken.
The best you get is an even break.
The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang
aft agley.
The betrothed of good is evil; the betrothed
of life is death; the betrothed of love is
divorce.
The better day the better deed.
The better lawyer, the worse Christian.
The better the day, the better the deed.
The better the fruit, the more wasps to eat it.
The better-natured, the sooner undone.
The big bells have to ring, in order for the
little bells to ring.
The big drum only sounds well from a
distance.
The big fish eat the little fish.
The big fish eat the little ones.
The big fish eat the little.
The big fish eats the little fish.
The big fish is caught with big bait.
The big game often appears when the
hunter has given up the hunt for the day.
the big rat was killed by a trap-stone
The big soldier ants have gone let us put out
the flying ants to dry (big soldier ants eat
them)
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The bigger a man's head, the worse his
headache.
The bigger the chance, the less the security.
The bigger the pot the more rice will stick to
it.
The bigger the river the bigger the fish.
The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.
The bigger the tree, the harder she falls.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The biggest fools are those who are paid to
be wise.
The biggest rogue cries loudest out.
The bird flies high, but always returns to
earth.
The bird has no nest, but a branch to rest on.
The bird hunting a locust is unaware of the
hawk hunting him.
The bird is known by his note, the man by
532
his words.
The bird is up in the sky but its eyes are on
the ground.
The bird leaves no trail.
The bird loves her nest.
The bird once out of hand is hard to recover.
The bird ought not to soil its own nest.
The bird that can sing and won't sing should
be made to sing
The bird that can sing and won't sing should
be made to sing.
The bird that escapes from its cage never
wants to come back.
The bird that has eaten cannot fly with the
bird that is hungry.
The bird that pecks at a rock trusts in the
strength of its beak.
The bird that remembers its flockmates, nev-
er missed the way.
The bird who has always possessed a beak,
does not pick up for another.
The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the
bird that is hungry.
The bird will not fly into your arrow.
The bird, which flaps its wings too much,
will drop its feathers.
The bitch in her haste brings forth blind
puppies.
The bite of a dog is healed by the hair of it.
The biter bit.
The biter is often bit.
The biter is sometimes bit.
The bites of priests and wolves are hard to
heal.
The bitter cup we strive to remove from us
holds the medicine we are most in need
of.
The bitter heart eats its owner.
The bitterness of studying is preferable to
the bitterness of ignorance.
The black cow doesn't give black milk.
The black dog gets the food; the white dog
gets the blame.
The black man steals just half of very little,
but the white man steals the whole sugar
plantation.