PROVERBS
-
Curiosity killed the cat.
-
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
-
Birds of a feather flock together.
-
A man is known by the company he keeps.
-
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
-
Two's a company, but three's a crowd.
-
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
-
If you can't beat them, join them.
-
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
-
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
-
Blood is thicker than water.
-
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
-
A friend who shares is a friend who cares.
-
Love is blind.
-
Actions speak louder than words.
-
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
-
Haste makes waste.
-
Love makes the world go round.
-
Bad news travels fast.
-
Might makes right.
-
No news is good news.
-
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
-
Look before you leap.
-
Beggars can't be choosers.
-
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
-
Make hay while the sun shines.
-
Don't cry over spilt milk.
-
Don't put the cart before the horse.
-
Necessity is the mother of invention.
-
No pain, no gain.
-
The squeaking wheel gets the oil.
-
A leopard cannot change his spots.
-
You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.
-
Barking dogs seldom bite.
-
He who laughs last, laughs best.
-
One man's gravy is another man's poison.
-
When the cat's away, the mice will play.
-
Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today.
-
A fault confessed is half redressed.
-
A stitch in time saves nine.
-
Where there is a will, there is a way.
-
All that glitters is not gold.
-
All roads lead to Rome.
-
Every land has its own law.
-
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.
-
More haste, less speed.
-
Love is blind.
-
Seeing is believing.
-
A fool and his money are soon parted.
-
The end justifies the means.
-
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
-
It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
-
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
-
Empty sacks will never stand upright.
-
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
-
Honesty is the best policy.
-
What can't be cured must be endured.
-
The early bird catches the worm.
-
East, west, home's best.
-
Fire is a good servant, but a bad master.
-
Lookers-on see most of the game.
-
The sea refuses no river.
-
Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.
-
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery.
-
Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
-
Fear of death is worse than death itself.
-
Eat to live, not live to eat.
-
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
-
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
-
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
-
Thinking without learning is a dangerous thing.
-
You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.
-
If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything.
-
God helps them that help themselves.
-
Look before you leap.
-
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
-
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
-
Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
-
Little strokes fell great oaks.
-
The rich man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the winter.
-
One swallow does not make a summer.
-
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
-
First impressions are the most lasting.
-
Go abroad and you'll hear news of home.
-
Prevention is better than cure.
-
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
-
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
-
Penny wise, pound foolish.
-
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
-
Good fences make good neighbours.
-
There's a first time for everything.
-
Never marry for money but marry where money is.
-
Lend your money and lose your friend.
-
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
-
The family that prays together stays together.
-
Two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.
-
A bird is known by its song.
-
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
-
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
-
You never know what you can do till you try.
-
No man can serve two masters.
-
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
-
There's no place like home.
-
A fair exchange is no robbery.
-
Every cloud has a silver lining.
-
You never miss the water till the well runs dry.
-
If you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.
-
He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
-
Keep a thing for seven years and you'll always find a use for it.
-
Faith will move mountains.
-
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
-
A moneyless man goes fast through market.
-
A little pot is soon hot.
-
When the cat's away, the mice will play.
-
Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
-
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
-
The sea refuses no river.
-
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.
-
The eyes are the window of the soul.
-
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
-
He that cannot obey cannot command.
-
You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
-
All is fish that comes to the net.
-
An Englishman's house is his castle.
-
If you run after two hares, you'll catch neither.
-
Never say never.
-
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
-
No rose without a thorn.
-
the higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.
-
Fingers were made before forks.
-
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
-
No one should be judge in his own cause.
-
There's a black sheep in every flock.
-
United we stand, divided we fall.
-
Variety is the spice of life.
-
He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.
-
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
-
Money cannot buy happiness. It can, however, rent it.
-
Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.
-
April showers bring May flowers.
-
What you don't know can't hurt you.
-
A man is known by his friends.
-
- If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Let us sit bent, but talk straight.
- Every seed knows its time.
- Everybody laughs in the same language.
- Better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness.
- The beautiful is less what one sees than what one dreams.
- No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come.
- Paper can't wrap up a fire.
- He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
- We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
- The heart of man and the bottom of the sea are unfathomable.
- One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
- You never know what is enough unless you know more than enough.
- There is no death, only a change of worlds.
- God conceals himself from the mind of man, but reveals himself to his heart.
- Sharing and giving are the ways of God.
- The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
- Few desires, happy life.
- The dawn does not come twice to awaken a man.
- Let us sit bent, but talk straight.
- The beautiful is less what one sees than what one dreams.
- Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day.
- If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
- A teacher will appear when the student is ready.
- The eyes are the mirror of the soul.
- He who touches honey is compelled to lick his fingers.
- If you are ready to believe, you are easy to deceive.
- Ask the experienced rather than the learned.
- Rats desert a sinking ship.
- You can't tell a book by its cover.
- Great minds think alike.
- Recognize and deal with reality, no matter how unpleasant it may be.
- Experience is the best teacher.
- Speak when you're spoken to.
- Business before pleasure.
- They that dance must pay the fiddler.
- No news is good news.
- You cannot have your cake and eat it.
- Might is right.
- Fear of death is worse than death itself.
- Time is a great healer.
- Laughter is the best medicine.
- You don't get something for nothing.
- Old habits die hard.
- Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
- Familiarity breeds contempt.
- Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
- Something is better than nothing.
- Jack of all trades, master of none.
- Better late than never.
- Appearances are deceptive.
- When the heart overflows, it comes out through the mouth.
- Prevention is better than cure.
- Forgive and forget.
- To err is human.
- You don't get something for nothing.
- Blood is thicker than water.
- Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.
- One man's loss is another man's gain.
- He who is master of himself will soon be master of others.
- Something is better than nothing.
- Man cannot live by bread alone.
- United we stand, divided we fall.
- The more one knows, the less one believes.
- Beware of a quiet dog and still water.
- It is best to be on the safe side.
- He knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
- Each person is his own judge.
- If you are ready to believe, you are easy to deceive.
- If you are looking for a friend who has no faults, you will have no friends.
- A man should not be struck when he is down.
- Still waters run deep.
- True love never grows old.
- Let bygones be bygones.
- Every man has his faults.
- Time cures all things.
- Spare the rod and spoil the child.
- Things are not always what they seem.
- Never speak ill of the dead.
- Love is blind.
- Variety is the spice of life.
- Great minds think alike.
- Beauty is only skin-deep.
- Love sees no faults.
- A teacher will appear when the student is ready.
- Money isn't everything.
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Things are not always what they seem.
- You never get something for nothing.
- You can't wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep.
- The hand you cannot bite, kiss.
- A book holds a house of gold.
- Dream different dreams while on the same bed.
- Laughter is the best medicine.
- No man is indispensable.
- After a storm comes a calm.
- The first step is the hardest.
- If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
- Never judge from appearances.
- Better die with honor than live in shame.
- Paper can't wrap up a fire.
- We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to a halt.
- Flies never visit an egg that has no crack.
- All the fingers can't be of the same length.
- When in doubt, do nothing.
-
-
+ نوشته شده در دوشنبه ۱۹ دی ۱۳۸۴ ساعت 23:44 توسط عضو هیات علمی
|