Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Were I a hatter, men would come into the
world without heads.
Were if not for "if" and "but," we should all
be rich for ever.
Were it a wolf it would spring at your
throat.
Were it not for hope the heart would break.
We're many rivers from the same water.
Were the devil to come from hell to fight,
there would forthwith be a Frenchman to
accept the challenge.
Were the sky to fall, not an earthen pot
would be left whole.
Were there no fools, there would be no wise
men.
Were you at the wedding, Molly? No,
mother, but the bride was very fine.
Wet kisses are the messengers of the heart.
Wet your finger in tar and soon it is all over
you.
We've arrived, and to prove it we're here.
Wha' a sober heart conceal a drunken
tongue reveal.
Wha' ain't pass yuh ain't miss yuh.
Wha can haud what will awa'.
Wha can help misluck.
Wha canna gie will little get.
Wha comes aftener and brings less.
Wha costs nutting gib good weight.
Wha' got blood got feelings.
Wha mout seh, han' can' do.
Wha' noh poison, fatten.
Wha sweet nanny-goat a go run him belly.
What "they say" is half lies.
What a cow eats a calf drinks.
'What a dust we kick up,' as the fly said to
the cart wheel.
What a fool can spoil, ten wise men cannot
repair.
What a fool does in the end, the wise man
does in the beginning.
What a man can be is born with him; what
he becomes is a result of his
environment.
What a man does by the agency of another
is his own act.
What a man is at seven is also what he is at
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seventy.
What a man suffers is the punishment of his
tongue.
What a man thinks up for himself, his worst
enemy couldn't wish for him.
What a monk thinks he dares to do.
What a neighbor gets is not lost.
What a prostitute earns she calls presents
from her husband's friends.
What a sad basket, leaving and returning
empty.
What a sad bench it is that has never been
sat upon by a grey beard.
What a story these old walls could tell.
What a woman wills God wills.
What a young absorbs, the old loses.
What adds to knowledge, adds to pain.
What affects the nose must also affect the
eyes that must weep for it.
What an elder sees sitting; the young can't
see standing.
What appears beautiful is not always good
for you.
What baites one, banes another.
What beats you is what teaches you.
What beautiful feathers the night jar has.
(Put your talent, ability in good use, e.g.
what’s good for a beautiful woman to
marry to an ugly man.)
What belongs to everybody belongs to
nobody.
What belongs to the ravens is never
drowned.
What bird so white as mine? says the crow.
What blossoms beautifully, withers fast.
What one boy begs for, the man throws
away.
What bread men break is broken to them
again.
What breaks in a moment may take years to
mend.
What brings the snail out is unceasing
rainfall. (something must have prompted
your coming)
What business does a dog have in the shop
of the blacksmith.