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Monday, 16 September 2013

ENGLISH PROVERBS


  1. All good things come to an end:
  2. All’s fair in love and war:
  3. All’s well that ends well:
  4. All roads lead to Rome:
  5. All that glitters is not gold:
  6. As you make your bed, so you must lie in it:
  7. Barking dogs seldom bite (people who often lose their temper and shout in a loud voice are not really to be feared because they are usually harmless):
  8. Beauty is only skin deep:
  9. Beggars can’t be choosers ( when we are not in a position to choose we should be thankful for any offer which is made to us, even if is is not exactly what we would like):
  10. Better late than never:
  11. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know:
  12. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush:
  13. Clothes do not make the man:
  14. Do as you would be done by:
  15. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch (Do not be sure of success until all difficulties have been overcome):
  16. Don’t have too many irons in the fire:
  17. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill:
  18. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket:

  1. Don’t put the cart before the horse:
  2. The early bird catches the worm:
  3. Every why has a wherefore:
  4. Everything comes to him who waits:
  5. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth:
  6. First things first:
  7. Half a loaf is better than none:
  8. Help a lame dog over a stile ( One should give help to anyone who is in difficulties):
  9. It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good:
  10. It’s never too late to mend:
  11. It’s no use crying over spilt milk:
  12. It never rains but it pours:
  13. It takes two to make a quarrel:
  14. Learn to walk before you run:
  15. Many hands make light work:
  16. More haste, less speed:
  17. Never look a gift horse in the mouth:
  18. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today:
  19. No gain without pain:
  20. One good turn deserves another ( if a person has received help from someone, it is fair to help him in return):
  21. Out of sight, out of mind:
  22. Rome was not built in a day:
  23. A stitch in time saves nine (prompt action will prevent a lot of trouble later):
  24. Strike while the iron is hot:
  25. Time is money:
  26. Too many cooks spoil the broth:
  27. Where one door shuts another opens:
  28. When the cat’s away the mice will play:
  29. Where there’s a will there’s a way:
  30. While there’s life there’s hope:
  31. A word is enough to the wise:
  32. You can’t have your cake and eat it:
  33. You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours: 

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