Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The door to virtue is heavy and hard to
open.
The doors of the hidden land are opened
before you…Osiris, conqueror of
millions of years, come unto thee.
The doorstep of a great house is slippery.
The doorstep of the palace is very slippery.
The doorstep weeps for forty days
whenever a girl is born.
The doorway to charity is difficult to open
and difficult to close.
The dorty dame may fa' in the dirt.
The downfall of a man is not the end of his
life.
The downfall of man begins with pride.
The downward road is easy.
The dowry that a woman brings is like a
bell; every time she passes by she hits
you with the clapper.
The dragon has nine sons, each different
from the others.
The dragon teaches you that if you want to
climb high you have to do it against the
wind.
The dream of cats is all mice.
The dreaming man makes excuses for his
inaction and places a fools cap on his
head.
The dreams of a cat are full of mice.
The dress does not make the friar.
The driver of an ass must by necessity know
its wind.
The droplet is always at its largest just
before it drops.
The drowning man is not troubled by rain.
The Drum is large but empty.
The drum is the favourite instrument of the
spirits.
The drum sounds when the hawk appears
wit ha rabbit.
The drums of war are the drums of hunger.
The drunk is in the care of the sober.
The drunk ones will sober up, but the mad
ones will not clever up.
The drunkard always tells the truth.
The drunkard and the glutton come to
poverty, and drowsiness clothes a man
546
with rags.
The drunkard thinks of only one thing and
the barman of something else.
The drunkard's money is being consumed
by palm-wine trapper.
The drunken man's joy is often the sober
man's sorrow.
The drunken mouth reveals the heart's
secrets.
The dry leaves do not rustle if no wind
blows.
The dry reed does not seek the company of
fire.
The dunghill grows by straws thrown upon
it.
The dupe who takes possession of a lame ox
is seldom recognized as a fool.
The dying cannot leave their wisdom or
experience to their heirs.
The dying man is not saved by medicine.
The dying person cannot wait for the
shroud to be woven.
The eagle does not catch flies.
The eagle does not feed on flies.
The eagle does not hunt flies.
The eagle does not wage war against frogs.
The eagle does not war against frogs.
The eagle was killed by an arrow made from
its own feathers.
The ear cannot hold as much water as it
does news.
The ear does not surpass the head.
The ear is only a door.
The ear is the road to the heart.
The early bird catches the early worm.
The early bird catches the worm
The early bird gets the worm, but the second
mouse gets the cheese.
The early bird gets the worm.
The early bird may catch the worm, but the
second mouse gets the cheese.
The early man never borrows from the late
man.
The early morn favours study.
The early riser gets through his business but
not through early rising.