Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The busy man is troubled with but one
devil, the idle man by a thousand.
The butcher looked for his knife and it was
in his mouth.
The butcher should not be trusted that has
missing neighbors.
The butchers children go to bed hungry.
The butterfly becomes only when it's
entirely ready.
The butterfly often forgets it was a
caterpillar.
The butterfly that brushes against thorns
will tear its wings.
The butterfly who settles on a branch is
afraid that he will break it.
The buttocks are like a married couple
though there is constant friction between
them; they will still love and live
together.
The buttocks never mistake the ground.
The buyer first disparages.
The buyer has need of a hundred eyes, the
seller of but one.
The buyer has need of a hundred eyes. the
seller but one.
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the horse
thief not one.
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller
but one.
The buyer needs a thousand eyes, the seller
wants but one
The buyer of the rotten beans is the blind
man.
The buying of a wife begins from a little
thing.
The buzzing of the flies does not turn them
into bees.
The cabin of a loved one is never too far
away.
The caged bird dreams of clouds.
The cake is fine on top, but there are crickets
inside.
The calf is not afraid of the mother's horns.
The calf isn't even born yet and there he is
sharpening his carving knife.
The calm water is deep.
The calmer you go, the further along you
535
will be.
The calmest husbands make the stormiest
wives.
The calves do not fear the horns of their
mother.
The calves of a deer are earless
The camel and his driver -- each has his own
plan.
The camel asking for horns lost also his ears.
The camel driver has his plans and the
camel has his.
The camel going to seek horns, lost his ears.
The camel never sees his own hump, but
that of his brother is always in his eyes.
The camel stallion grows old, the camel foal
grows up.
The canary that dances along the bush path
must have its drummer in the nearby
bush.
The candle that goes before gives the best
light.
The candle that goes before, is better than
that which comes after.
The canoe ride is pleasant when the paddler
is skilled.
The careful foot can walk anywhere.
The careless fish will be eaten by the shark.
The caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf
who keeps the caribou strong.
The carpenter's door is loose.
The carriage draws the ox.
The carrier of a secret message is not told its
meaning.
The carrion which the eagle has left feeds
the crow.
The cart is still there.
The cart ruins the road, the woman the man,
the water the wine.
The cask always smells of the herring.
The cask can give no other wine that that it
contains.
The cask full, the mother-in-law drunk.
The cask savours of the first fill.
The cask smells of the wine it contains.
The casket opened in a simple way.
The casket opened simple.
The cassock does not make the monk.