Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
You have a raven's knowledge.
You have broken my head and now you
bring plaister.
You have cast away your own for that
which you are not sure of.
You have choosen your weapon, so fight.
You have come too late for the feast.
You have debts, and make debts still; if
you've not lied, lie you will.
You have either to suffer a lot or die young.
You have exposed yourself.
You have got your feet out of the mire.
You have hit the nail on the head.
You have hit the point exactly.
You have left the sheep with the wolf for
safe custody.
You have lent and not recovered; and if
recovered, not so much; and if so much,
not such; and if such, a mortal enemy.
You have many strings to your bow.
You have married a beauty? So much the
worse for you.
You have niggeritis.
You have spoilt the wine by adding water to
it.
You have summer and you have winter --
why, then, be in a hurry?
You have to be careful to kill a fly that is
perched on your scrotum.
You have to be rich to be able to live like a
poor man.
You have to be smarter than the dog to teach
him tricks.
You have to believe in gods to see them.
You have to bow a few times before you can
stand upright.
You have to break a few eggs to make an
omelette.
You have to come into the world in order to
enjoy the world.
You have to crawl before you can walk.
You have to dig deep to bury your daddy.
You have to give time some time.
You have to heal the wound before it
ignores the medicine.
You have to kiss a lot of toads before you
find a handsome prince.
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You have to look after wealth, but
knowledge looks after you.
You have to make the most of the chances
that come your way. You have to strike
while the iron is hot.
You have to put a young girl onto an old
man.
You have to separate the chaff from the
wheat.
You have to suffer a lot or die young.
You have to suffer in the name of fashion.
You have to take it as it happens, but you
should try to make it happen the way
you want to take it.
You have to take the good with the bad.
You haven't yet caught the bird, still you are
already plucking her.
You hear little from the drummer that is
paid in advance.
You heard the ring, but don't know where.
You hide the fact you hate me; I hide the fact
I know.
You hold an eel by the tail.
You inherit from the dead, not from the sick.
You judge the way you live.
You jump up, but you come down all the
same.
You keep making that face and it'll stay that
way.
You kick against the goad.
You kissed the blarney stone.
You know a bird from the way he flies.
You know a man by the sweat of his brow
and the strength of his word.
You know a person by his nickname.
You know not what the evening may bring
with it.
You know what to say, but you do not know
what you might be told.
You know what you’ve got, but you don’t
know what’s coming.
You know who the good seamen are when
the storm comes.
You know who you love, but you can't
know who loves you.