Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Don’t tell any more fairy tales when the
child has gone to sleep.
Don’t tell me what I was, but tell me what I
am.
Don’t tell others to do what you cannot do.
Don’t tell secrets to the children of your
relatives.
Don’t tell your complaint to one who has no
pity.
Don’t tell your friend everything that you
know; remember that one day you may
have him for an enemy.
Don’t tell your important secret to your
friend because your friend has his other
friends as well.
Don’t tell your secret even to a fence.
Don’t tell your secret to your friend, he will
tell it to his friend.
Don’t that just butter your grits.
Don’t think about the pig until it’s in the
poke.
Don’t think back on someone whose name
you forgot, he is probably someone else
by now.
Don’t think there are no crocodiles because
the water is calm.
Don’t think there are no sharks because the
water is calm.
Don’t think to hunt two hares with one
hound.
Don’t think you are eloquent just because a
fool applauds you.
Don’t throw a stone into a well from which
you have drunk.
Don’t throw away dirty water before you
have more clean water.
Don’t throw away the old bucket until you
know whether the new one holds water.
Don’t throw away your dirty water till you
have got clean.
Don’t throw away your nets if you catch
nothing, you never know what the gods
are planning next.
Don’t throw away your old shoes until you
have a new pair.
Don’t throw away your old shoes until you
have got new ones.
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Don’t throw dirt into the well that gives you
water.
Don’t throw out the child with the
bathwater.
Don’t throw out the dirty water until you
have the clean water in.
Don’t throw out the old pot until you have
the tinker makes a new one.
Don’t throw out your dirty water until you
get in fresh.
Don’t throw pearls to the swine.
Don’t throw rocks if you live in a house of
glass.
Don’t throw the baby out with the
bathwater.
Don’t throw the handle after the bill.
Don’t throw your blanket in the fire just
because it has one flea in it.
Don’t travel under another’s lucky star.
Don’t tread on the tail of a sleeping snake.
Don’t trouble a quiet snake.
Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles
you.
Don’t trudge mud into the house of love.
Don’t trust a hungry man to watch your
rice.
Don’t trust a man wearing a better suit than
your own.
Don’t trust a trained louse.
Don’t trust a woman who laughs.
Don’t trust Ferengi who give back money.
Don’t trust for others, what you can do
yourself.
Don’t trust in fortune until you are in
heaven.
Don’t trust old people and strangers.
Don’t trust someone who tells you all of his
troubles and keeps you from all of his
joys.
Don’t trust the Greek bearing gifts.
Don’t trust the horses if they run away, or
the whores if they repent.
Don’t trust those who frequently smile.
Don’t trust your bone to another man’s dog.
Don’t trust your enemy’s advice.