Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
You can proclaim the truth also in a friendly
way.
You can pull back your leg, but not your
committed word.
You can run away from your elder, but
she'll still out-think you.
You can run into debt, but you have to crawl
out.
You can say anything to a man with a full
stomach.
You can see a mote in another's eye, but
cannot see a beam in your own.
You can see heaven through the eye of the
needle.
You can see the fowl's innerness when the
wind is blowing.
You can see the source of a river, but not
that of a clan.
You can sell the devil if he is well cooked.
You can share the same bed but you can't
share the same dream.
You can shear a sheep many times but you
can skin him only once.
You can shut the door on a thief, but you
can do nothing about a liar.
You can smell his halvah.
You can stay a thousand miles away from
home and still see inside.
You can stop a bird from flying over you,
but you can't stop it building a nest.
You can stop speaking to someone, but you
cannot stop being related.
You can take a goat to the river, but you
can't make it drink the water.
You can take a horse to water, but you can
not make him drink.
You can take a man out of the bog, but you
can't take the bog out of the man.
You can take a monkey out of the bush, but
you cant take the bush of a monkey.
You can take the boy out of the country but
you can't take the country out of the boy.
You can take the ox to the river, but begging
it won't make it drink.
You can teach other people how to learn
other languages but you can't teach them
how to govern themselves.
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You can tell a lion from where he dwells.
You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
You can tell an educated person by their talk
and bells by their ringing.
You can tell the ripeness of a melon by its
look.
You can tell who the good seamen are
during a storm.
You can throw a cat whoever you want, it
always falls on its feet.
You can trust your brother, your father,
your mother, but never your wife.
You can use salt to prevent meat from
rotting, but what will you use to prevent
salt from rotting?
You can wait till the cows come home.
You can wash your body but not your soul.
You can worship a sardine's head if you
believe in it.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s
ear.
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
You can’t tell a book by its cover.
You can’t win them all.
You cannot amputate your genitals for
being impotent.
You cannot applaud with one hand.
You cannot ask more of an ox than a steak.
You cannot avoid what lies in ambush for
you.
You cannot be a mouse and a bat at the
same time.
You cannot be lost on a road that is straight.
You cannot be lucky forever.
You cannot be very smart if you have never
done anything foolish.
You cannot beat a child to take away its
tears.
You cannot blindfold a man and expect him
to ferry you across the river.
You cannot break a wall with your forehead.
You cannot break through a wall with your
forehead.
You cannot breathe through another man's
nose.