Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A cat in gloves catches no mice
A cat in her house has the teeth of a lion.
A cat in its castle has a lion’s teeth.
A cat is a lion to mouse.
A cat keeps its crawls inside until it meets a
mouse.
A cat likes to eat fresh fish but it will not go
into the water.
A cat lives on praise, a dog by pats on the
head.
A cat loves fish, but won’t risk its claws.
A cat may look at a king
A cat pent up becomes a lion.
A cat than choking it with cream
A cat that has been scalded is afraid of cold
water.
A cat that is hidden with its tail showing.
A cat that licks the spit is not to be trusted
with roast meat.
A cat that meweth much catcheth but few
mice.
A cat will teach her young ones all the
tricks, except how to jump backwards.
A cat with a straw tail keeps away from
fire.
A cat with gloves never catches mice.
A cautious man will observe the indications
of character which nature reveals in
others.
A cemetery never refuses a corpse.
A centipede is not crippled by the loss of
one limb.
A centipede will not stop for a cripple.
A centipede, though dead, will not fall.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
A chair unsound soon finds the ground.
A chameleon acquires gold.
A chameleon can only change its colour but
never change its skin.
A chameleon does not leave one tree until
he is sure of another.
A change is as good as a rest
A change of event such as the death of a
leader, will lead to other changes.
A change of name or place may sometimes
save a person.
A chattering bird builds no nest.
A chattering bird builds no nest.
A cheap thing doesn’t lack defect, nor an
expensive thing quality.
A cheeky person owns half the world.
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a
crushed spirit dries up the bones.
A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.
A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a
dumb year.
A chick is not taught how to scratch up the
ground.
A chick that stands by its mother gets the
thigh of the grasshopper.
A chick that will grow into a cock can be
spotted the very day it hatches.
A chicken gets a gem.
A chicken is dignified by feathers. (an old
person is respected because of his
children)
A chicken is hatched even from such a well
-sealed thing as an egg.
A chicken sees the snake’s foot and a snake
sees the chicken’s breast.
A chicken starts feeding early in the
morning.
A chicken that hatches a crocodile’s eggs is
looking for trouble.
A chicken who isn’t pecking has already
eaten.
A chicken with beautiful plumage does not
sit in a corner.
A chicken won’t be grudged to a place a
goose will come from.
A chief in the village never sees the devil.
A chief may have more wives than he can
remember but you dare not try to share
his wives with him.
A chief should not create a new law when
he is angry.
A child among elders converses with its
ears.
A child and a fool imagine twenty shillings
and twenty years can never be spent.
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