English Proverbs United Kingdom

English Proverbs

1. A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s claw.
2. What will be, will be.
3. If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
4. Many hands make light work.
5. Well begun is half done.
6. It is ill prizing of green barley.
7. Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.
8. Don’t judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes.
9. A full cup must be carried steadily.
10. There’s no place like home.
11. Strike while the iron is hot.
12. Absence is a shrew.
13. A ragged colt may make a good horse.
14. Make not your sail too big for your ballast.
15. Death always comes too early or too late.
16. He laughs best who laughs last.
17. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
18. Big thunder, little rain.
19. Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
20. A proverb is the child of experience.
21. Confession is the first step to repentance.
22. Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others.
23. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
24. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
25. Conscience cannot be compelled.
26. It is better to begin in the evening than not at all.
27. God gives the milk but not the pail.
28. A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
29. Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
30. For whom does the blind man’s wife paint herself?
31. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
32. A cold April the barn will fill. Better late than never.
33. Crooked logs make straight fires.
34. Cats hide their claws.
35. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
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