Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Don’t be foolish and awe struck, because
foolishness is telling but cursing doesn’t
hit home.
Don’t be foolish! because foolishness hits the
mark and cursing doesn’t.
Don’t be frightened at high-sounding
words.
Don’t be hard and don’t be soft and don’t
desert your friend for your own share.
Don’t be like a shadow: a constant
companion, but not a comrade.
Don’t be misled by the tears of a beggar.
Don’t be penny wise and pound foolish.
Don’t be quick to get angry; rage is found in
the bosom of fools.
Don’t be scared when you have no other
choice.
Don’t be serious like the pregnant clouds.
Don’t be so busy that you have no time to
get rich.
Don’t be so clever; cleverer ones than you
are in jail.
Don’t be so much in love that you can’t tell
when it’s raining.
Don’t be stupid to replace wisdom with
knowledge because you will lose
understanding.
Don’t be sweet lest people lick you.
Don’t be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don’t
be bitter, lest you be spewed out.
Don’t be too bold, or you will burn your
eyes; but don’t be too slow, or you will
lose your share.
Don’t be too friendly with the clergy and
don’t fall out with them.
Don’t be too sweet lest you be eaten up;
don’t be too bitter lest you be spewed
out.
Don’t beat the drums of war unless you’re
ready to fight.
Don’t beat the man who has already been
beaten.
Don’t become a sheep unless you want to be
a wolf’s meal.
Don’t befriend neighbours who speak
unreasonable things.
Don’t believe in foretellings but don’t stay
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without them.
Don’t believe in the saint unless he works
miracles.
Don’t believe what you see, husband, but
only what I tell you.
Don’t believe your enemy even when he’s
telling the truth.
Don’t bet more than you can afford to lose.
Don’t bid the devil good day till you meet
him.
Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
Don’t bite till you know whether it is bread
or a stone.
Don’t bite what you cannot swallow.
Don’t blame your wife’s side if your son is
cross-eyed.
Don’t bless the fish till it gets to the land.
Don’t blow your own trumpet.
Don’t boast when you start out, but when
you get there.
Don’t borrow another’s nose to breathe
with.
Don’t borrow from a baby-boomer, if you
borrow, don’t spend it.
Don’t borrow someone else’s nose to
breathe with.
Don’t bother the beggar’s son and the
beggar’s son won’t bother you.
Don’t break down, rope; this is the last jerk.
Don’t break your shin on a stool that is not
in your way.
Don’t break your shins on your neighbors’
pots.
Don’t bring all your eggs to one market.
Don’t budge, if you sit at ease.
Don’t build a new ship out of old wood.
Don’t build bigger houses than you may set
roofs on.
Don’t build the bungalow on an inch of
ground.
Don’t build the sty until the litter comes.
Don’t burn the candle at both ends.
Don’t burn your bridges before they’re
crossed.