Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
As fortune is sought, so it is found.
As good be an addled egg as an idle bird.
As good eat the devil as the broth he was
boiled in.
As good hads the stirep as he that loups on.
As good haud, as draw.
As good merchant tines as wins.
As great birds die the eggs rot.
As he thinks in his heart, so he is.
As honest as a cat when the meat is out of
reach.
As hungry as a wolf.
As if it weren’t bad enough to fall, the lad-
der lands on top of you.
As is the gardener, so is the garden.
As is the king, so are his people.
As is the lover so is the beloved.
As is the master, so is his dog.
As is the mother, so is the daughter
As is well that ends well.
As it falls so it plumps.
As lang lives the merry man as the sad.
As long as a child does not cry, it does not
matter what pleases it.
As long as a cock lives, it is said to have
belonged to the child of the house; but
when it is slaughtered for super, it is
then that the real owner emerges.
As long as a human being lives he will
learn.
As long as a language lives, the people will
not perish.
As long as I am rich reputed, with solemn
voice I am saluted.
As long as I am running my father will still
have a son.
As long as I make you to be inferior, I
render myself inferior.
As long as I was a daughter-in-law I never
had a good mother-in-law, and as long
as I was a mother-in-law I never had a
good daughter-in-law.
As long as the beard exists, the world
clenches its fists. As long as the pakul
hat exists, the world stutters in fits.
As long as the clouds dolt weep, the
pasture cannot laugh.
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As long as the fish swims in the water,
don’t light up the grill.
As long as the mouse keeps still you can be
sure that the cat stays on guard.
As long as the sun shines one does not ask
for the moon.
As long as the white man stutters, the
interpreters have a lot of work.
As long as there are fools in the world, no
one will be penniless.
As long as there are lice in the seams of the
garment there must be bloodstains on
the fingernails.
As long as there is no wind, the tree won’t
blow.
As long as there will remain two men on
Earth, Jealousy will reign.
As long as there’s life, there is hope.
As long as time is not pressing one does not
burn incense; when it becomes urgent
one kisses the feet of Buddha.
As long as ye bear the tod, ye man bear up
his tail.
As long as you don’t trust, you won’t be
cheated.
As long as you happen to put your hand in
a container full of pickles, might as well
dip your whole arm in the container.
As long as you live, you learn.
As long as you stay in a group, the lion will
stay hungry.
As long as you’re moving about, you can
always regain good health.
As long fives the merry-man, as the wretch
for all the craft he can.
As long runs the Fox as he hath feet.
As love thinks no evil, so envy speaks no
good.
As Maguni the Carthaginian used to say:
work to the vineyard, mind the store.
As Maine goes, so goes the nation.
As many heads as many wits.
As many men as many opinions.
As meek as sheep.
As meikle upwith, as meikle downwith.