Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
When there is nothing, the church loses.
When there is on a red-hot hoe, it is not
grasped.
When there is order in the nation, there will
be peace in the world.
When there is peace in the country, the chief
does not carry a shield.
When there is poverty, loyalty is suspect.
When there is real danger, the dogs don't
bark.
When there is room in the heart, there is
room in the house.
When there is true hospitality, not many
words are needed.
When there is trust, no proof is necessary;
when there is none, no proof is possible.
When there's a clear horizon in winter,
there'll be the devil to pay.
When there's fire, dry and wet burn
together.
When there's little meat, take the bone.
When there's love, mountains seem like
plains.
When they came to milk the cow she said "I
am an ox", and when they came to
harness her she said "I am a cow".
When they came to shoe the horse of the
sultan, along comes the beetle and sticks
out her foot.
When they gave the donkey flowers to
smell, he ate them.
When they give you a piglet, run there
quickly with a little cord.
When they give you the calf, be ready with
the halter.
When they offer you a ring, hold out your
finger.
When they wish to eat a vulture, they call it
a guinea fowl.
When thieves fall out, the peasant recovers
his goods.
When thieves fall out, the thefts are
discovered.
When thieves fall out, the thefts come to
light.
When thieves fall out, honest men come by
their own.
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When thieves fall out, honest men get their
goods back.
When thieves fall out, their knaveries come
to light.
When thine enemy retreateth, make him a
golden bridge.
When things are at the worst, they begin to
mend.
When things are being thrown away, buy
them.
When things go well, it is easy to advise.
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand
know what thy right hand doeth.
When thou journeyest into the shadows,
take not sweetmeats with thee, but a
seed of corn and a bottle of tears and
wine; that thou mayst have a garden in
the land whither thou go eat.
When thou seest thy house in flames, go
warm thyself by it.
When threatened, fight.
When three people call you an ass, put on a
bridle.
When three people say you are drunk, go to
sleep.
When throne into the sea the stone said,
‘after all, this is also a home.’
When thy neighbor’s house doth burn, be
careful of thine own.
When thy neighbour's house is on fire it's
time to look about thee.
When tide is high, it ebbs.
When toads wrestle, the flies dance.
When traveling do not calculate the
distance, at dinner don't think of how
much.
When troubles are few, dreams are few.
When two ageing good friends fight, it's
because of an old grouch.
When two agree in their desire, one sparke
will set them both on fire.
When two are in love, only one needs to eat.
When two divorced people marry, four
people get into bed.
When two dogs fight for a bone, and the
third runs off with it, there's a lawyer
among the dogs.