Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Distance tests a horse’s strength; time
reveals a marls character.
Distant hills look beautiful; near ones are
ugly.
Distant water does not put out a nearby fire.
Distant water won't help to put out a fire
close at hand.
Distracted by what is far away, he does not
see his nose.
Distrust a prairie-dog and fix it.
Distrust and caution are the parents of
security.
Distrust is poison to friendship.
Distrust is the mother of safety.
Divert your enemy’s attention elsewhere.
Divide and conquer.
Divide and rule.
Divide to conquer.
Dividing the pelt of a bear not yet killed.
Divorce a young woman and you make
another man happy.
Divorce is the sacrament of adultery.
Do a good deed every day.
Do a good job of rooting out the turf and
you’ll prosper enough to enjoy focaccia.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Do as most men do and men will speak well
of thee.
Do as others do, and few will mock you.
Do as the friar says, not as he does.
Do as the lasses do, say no, and take it.
Do as well as you look.
Do as ye wald be done to.
Do as you always do, people’s eyes do not
eat.
Do as you may if you can’t do as you would.
Do as you would be done by.
Do as you would be done unto.
Do business best when the wind’s in the
west.
Do chattering monkeys mimic men, Or we,
turned apes, out-monkey them?
Do everything at its right time, and one day
will seem like three.
Do good and ask not for whom.
Do good and don’t worry to whom.
Do good and forget it, do bad and think
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about it.
Do good and forget it; do ill and remember
it.
Do good and then do it again.
Do good and throw it in the sea.
Do good and throw it in the tigris and god
will repay you in the desert.
Do good and throw it into the sea – if it is
not appreciated by an ungrateful man, it
will be appreciated by God.
Do good and throw it into the sea; if the fish
don’t know it, God will.
Do good if you expect to receive it.
Do good things quickly.
Do good to a knave, and pray God he may
not do the same to thee.
Do good to people in order to enslave their
hearts.
Do good, and care not to whom.
Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.
Do ill, and expect the like.
Do in Hill, as ye wald do in Hall.
Do it as if there was fire in your skin.
Do it or dye!
Do it today! Tomorrow it might be
forbidden.
Do it yourself sir, if you have not servant.
Do little things now; so shall big things
come to thee by and by asking to be
done.
Do me a favour during a rainy season and I
shall do the same to you during the dry
season.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
thistles?
Do more things by wisdom than by force.
Do multiple tasks at one go.
Do no business with a kinsman.
Do no evil and have no fear.
Do no evil, it’s a sin. Do no good, it’s no use.
Do not abandon a child when it has an
itching sore.
Do not abstain from sowing for fear of the
pigeons.