ENGLISHPROVERBS & SAYINGS –FORWARD PART 9 This posting has 842 words counted bythe computer, approximately 84 lines Dear friends, The following are a few English proverbs Posted by: "V.Subramanian"dotth...@yahoo.com.sg Tue Dec 23, 2008 stored in my external memory. I thought of forwarding the same in parts. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 14-6-2021 CONTINUED FROM PART 8 801. The last strawbreaks the camel's back. 802.The leopard cannot change its spots. 803.The longest day has an end. 804.The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 805. The moon does notheed the barking of dogs. 806.The more haste, the less speed. 807.The more the merrier. 808.The morning sun never lasts a day. 809.The mountain has brought forth a mouse. 810.The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh. 811. The pitcher goesoften to the well but is broken at last. 812.The pot calls the kettle black. 813.The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 814.The receiver is as bad as the thief. 815.The remedy is worse than the disease. 816.The rotten apple injures its neighbours. 817.The scalded dog fears cold water. 818.The tailor makes the man. 819.The tongue of idle persons is never idle. 820.The voice of one man is the voice of no one. 821. The way (theroad) to hell is paved with good intentions. 822.The wind cannot be caught in a net. 823.The work shows the workman. 824.There are lees to every wine. 825.There are more ways to the wood than one. 826.There is a place for everything, and everything in its place. 827.There is more than one way to kill a cat. 828.There is no fire without smoke. 829.There is no place like home. 830.There is no rose without a thorn. 831. There is no rulewithout an exception. 832.There is no smoke without fire. 833.There's many a slip 'tween (== between) the cup and the lip. 834.There's no use crying over spilt milk. 835. They are hand andglove. 836.They must hunger in winter that will not work in summer. 837.Things past cannot be recalled. 838.Think today and speak tomorrow. 839.Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 840. Time and tidewait for no man. 841. Time cures allthings. 842.Time is money. 843.Time is the great healer. 844.Time works wonders. 845. To add fuel (oil)to the fire (flames). 846.To angle with a silver hook. 847.To be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth. 848.To be head over ears in debt. 849.To be in one's birthday suit. 850.To be up to the ears in love. 851. To be wise behindthe hand. 852.To beat about the bush. 853.To beat the air. 854.To bring grist to somebody's mill. 855.To build a fire under oneself. 856.To buy a pig in a poke. 857.To call a spade a spade. 858.To call off the dogs. 859.To carry coals to Newcastle. 860.To cast pearls before swine. 861. To cast prudenceto the winds. 862.To come away none the wiser. 863.To come off cheap. 864.To come off with a whole skin. 865.To come off with flying colours. 866.To come out dry. 867.To come out with clean hands. 868.To cook a hare before catching him. 869.To cry with one eye and laugh with the other. 870.To cut one's throat with a feather. 871. To draw (pull) inone's horns. 872.To drop a bucket into an empty well. 873.To draw water in a sieve. 874.To eat the calf in the cow's belly. 875.To err is human. 876.To fiddle while Rome is burning. 877.To fight with one's own shadow. 878.To find a mare's nest. 879.To fish in troubled waters. 880.To fit like a glove. 881. To flog a deadhorse. 882.To get out of bed on the wrong side. 883.To give a lark to catch a kite. 884.To go for wool and come home shorn. 885.To go through fire and water (through thick and thin). 886.To have a finger in the pie. 887.To have rats in the attic. 888.To hit the nail on the head. 889.To kick against the pricks. 890.To kill two birds with one stone. 891. To knoweverything is to know nothing. 892.To know on which side one's bread is buttered. 893.To know what's what. 894.To lay by for a rainy day. 895.To live from hand to mouth. 896.To lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen. 897.To look for a needle in a haystack. 898.To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water. 899.To make a mountain out of a molehill. 900.To make both ends meet. I will complete with next posting -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/14835044.74031.1623728992879%40mail.yahoo.com.
ENGLISH PROVERBS & SAYINGS –FORWARD PART 9
'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:50:01 -0700
