Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
When two dogs fight for a bone, the third
runs away with it.
When two dogs fight over a bone, a third
one carries it away.
When two elephants fight, it is the grass that
gets trampled.
When two elephants fight, it is the grass that
suffers.
When two elephants meet on a narrow
bridge, they get nowhere until one of
them backs down or lies down.
When two enemies blow one horn, the third
will have to suffer for it.
When two friends dip into their purse, one
laughs, the other cries.
When two friends have a common bank
account, one sings and the other weeps.
When two friends have a common purse,
one sings and the other weeps.
When two friends part they have to lock up
each other's secrets and throw away the
key.
When two jars collide, one breaks.
When two men quarrel, the one who yields
first displays the nobler character.
When two paupers get married, it is the
beginning of a generation of beggars.
When two poor men help each other, God
laughs.
When two quarrel both are in the wrong.
When two quarrel, both are to blame.
When violence comes into the house, law
and justice leave through the chimney.
When visitors come a wi fireside, wi mek wi
pot smell nice.
When visitors piss in the house, where will
they sleep tomorrow?
When vultures surround you, try not to die.
When Want comes in at the door, Love flies
out at the window.
When war begins the devil makes hell
bigger.
When war begins, then hell opens.
When water goes over your head, what
difference if it's one fathom or a hundred
fathoms.
When water reaches up to the nose, the calf
707
is a swimmer.
When water stays at one place, it rots.
When water stays for long it stinks.
When water trow weh i' cyaa pick up.
When we all do as we please, all the food is
eaten and all the girls will be maiden.
When we are at our happiest, then it is best
to leave and go home.
When we ask a favour, we say, Madam;
when we obtain it, what we please.
When we cannot get what we love, we must
love what is within our reach.
When we can't find peace in ourselves it is
vain to look for it elsewhere.
When we don't have what we like, we must
like what we have.
When we have nothing to worry about we
are not doing much, and not doing much
may supply us with plenty of future
worries.
When we least expect it, the hare darts out
of the ditch.
When we show our respect for other living
things, they respond with respect for us.
When we sing everybody hears us; when we
sigh, nobody hears us.
When we take one step toward to God, he
takes seven steps toward us.
When we think to catch we are sometimes
caught.
When we understand deeply in out hearts,
we will fear and love and know the great
spirit.
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when
health is lost, something is lost; when
character is lost, all is lost.
When weeds invade the land, it means the
owner is absent.
When what you want doesn't happen, learn
to want what does.
When will the goat be strong enough to kill
a leopard.
When wine comes in, modesty leaves.