Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The Wealthy man has even his crow laying
him eggs.
The weapon first, fighting second.
The wearer best knows where the shoe
pinches.
The weasel comes to say "Happy New
Year!" to the chickens.
The weasel died of his own wisdom.
The weather vane will not work without
wind.
The weather worsens on Saint
Bartholomew's Day.
The weather, fleecy clouds, and a made up
woman don't last long.
The wedding feast is not made with
mushrooms only.
The wedding lasts for two or three days, but
the trouble stays longer.
The weed of arrogance grows on a dunghill.
The weed that grows by the riverbank will
not suffer the effect of draught.
The weeping bride makes a laughing wife.
The weight of years is the heaviest load.
The well fed does not understand the lean.
The well fed person doesn't understand the
hungry one.
The well gives, but the bucket refuses.
The well that is most often used gives the
purest water.
The well trodden path is not always the
right path.
The well-bred child chastizes itself.
The well-bred hound, if he does not hunt to-
day will hunt to-morrow.
The well-dressed woman draws her
husband away from another woman's
door.
The well-fed does not understand the lean.
The well-fed man does not believe in
hunger.
The well-fed sheep makes a cloak of its tail.
The well-filled belly has little understanding
of the empty.
The wet branch burns better than the dry
stone.
The wet man never fears the rain.
The wheel of karma always repeats itself.
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Just like wheels of a cart.
The wheel turns better if greased.
The wheel turns round.
The whetstone in a village does no blunt the
knife.
The while we keep a man waiting, he
reflects on our shortcomings.
The whip cracks at the end.
The whip hits at the legs, not the guilt.
The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard
further than the roar of a lion.
The whisperer's tongue is worse than
serpent's venom.
The white ant is small but it creates the great
anthill.
The white coat does not make the miller.
The white head often lacks good sense.
The white man has no kin. his kin is his
money.
The white man lives in the castle; when he
dies, he lies in the ground.
The white man never forgets Europe.
The white penny will become useful in your
dark days.
The white thing killed the goat. (Don’t be
persuaded by the outward appearance of
something, as it may bring disaster.)
The whole hog or none.
The whole is greater than the sum of the
parts
The whole ocean is made up of single drops.
The whole Soviet country is visible from the
Kremlin.
The whole world is a dream, and death the
interpreter.
The wicked even hate vice in others.
The wicked shun the light as the devil does
the cross.
The wicked work harder to preach hell than
the righteous do to get to heaven.
The widow is just as fiery as the horse that
threw her.
The widow's sons have not tears.
The wife carries the husband on her face; the
husband carries the wife on his clothes.