Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The castle gates will always open for gold-
laden donkeys.
The castle of Buda was not built in one day.
The cat also likes fish but keeps away from
water.
The cat always leaves her mark upon her
friend.
The cat and the mouse can't be neighbors for
long.
The cat and the rat never thought alike.
The cat bit your tongue.
The cat got an order and delegated it to her
tail.
The cat has leave to look at the queen and
the queen has leave to shoot it.
The cat has nine lives: three for playing,
three for straying, three for staying.
The cat in gloves catches no mice.
The cat is a good friend, only she scratches.
The cat is a lion to the mouse.
The cat is a saint when there are no mice
about.
The cat is always dignified, until the dog
comes by.
The cat is fain the fish to eat, but hath no
will to wet her feet.
The cat is friendly, but scratches.
The cat is nature's beauty.
The cat knows who's meat it has eaten.
The cat loves fish, but is loth to wet her feet.
The cat may look at the queen.
The cat may look like a lion, but that does
not make it a lion.
The cat well knows whose beard she licks.
The cat which did not reach the sausage
said: Anyhow it is Friday.
The cat who snoops around will feed his
kitten.
The cat with cream on her whiskers should
have a good excuse ready.
The cat would eat fish, but would not wet
her feet.
The cat would eat fish, too, but it wouldn't
jump into the ocean.
The catfish can’t be washed on the spot
(where you caught it) [If you have been
given something use it somewhere else,
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because it might be taken back from
you.]
The cat--moon eats the gray mice of night.
The cat's play is the mouse's death.
The cats that drive away mice are as food as
those that catch them.
The cattle is as good as the pasture in which
it grazes.
The cause at an end, the effect is removed.
The ceiling won't stay when the room is no
longer there.
The cemeteries are filled with people who
thought the world couldn't get along
without them.
The center of the universe is everywhere.
The chain is no stronger than its weakest
link.
The chain is stronger as its weakest link.
The chained buffalo doesn't enjoy grazing.
The chair on which a Dane is sitting is
beautifully decorated.
The chakata fruit on the ground belongs to
all, but the one on the tree is for she who
can climb.
The challenger is beaten.
The chamber of sickness is the chapel of
devotion.
The chamber-bell is the worst sound one
have in his ears.
The chameleon changes color to match the
earth, the earth doesn't change color to
match the chameleon.
The chameleon does not leave one tree until
he is sure of another.
The chamois climbs high and yet is caught.
The character of a man lies not in his body
but in his soul.
The charitable give out the door and god
puts in at the window.
The charitable give out the door and God
puts it back through the window.
The cheap thing isn't without problem, the
expensive without help.
The cheap things prove to be expensive at
the end.