Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A dog with a bone in its mouth cannot bite.
A dog with a bone knows no friends.
A dog with a docked tail is not afraid that
its backside can be seen.
A dog with two homes is never any good.
A dog without teeth will also attack a bone.
A dog won’t bite you if you are carrying a
stick.
A dog won’t forsake his master because of
poverty; a son never deserts his mother
because of her homely appearance.
A dog you don’t feed will never heed your
call.
A dog’s nose and a maid’s knee are always
cold.
A dogs broken bone will soon be healed.
A donkey always says thank you with a
kick.
A donkey cannot trot for long.
A donkey decked in gold is better than an
over-laden horse.
A donkey has limited abilities.
A donkey has two friends: his two hind
legs.
A donkey in Saxony is a professor in Rome.
A donkey is a donkey though it may carry
the Sultan’s treasure.
A donkey is but a donkey though laden
with gold.
A donkey is known by his ears.
A donkey that carries a lot of books is not
necessarily learned.
A donkey that carries me is worth more
than a horse that kicks me.
A donkey’s cries don’t reach heaven
A donkey’s husband can protect it from a
hyena.
A door must be either shut or open.
A doorstep is the highest of all mountains.
A dose of adversity is often as needful as a
dose of medicine.
A double jointed arm follows the leg action.
A dove has no place amongst the crows.
A dragon will be teased by a shrimp in a
shoal water; a tiger will be bullied by a
dog on a treeless plain.
A dram of discretion is worth a pound of
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wisdom.
A drap and a bite’s but a sma’ requite.
A dream grants what one covets when
awake.
A dream that lasts merely a millet soup’s
cooking time.
A dream which has not been interpreted is
like a letter unread.
A dreigh drink is better than a dreigh
sermon.
A dressed up lie is worth more than a badly
told truth.
A drink is shorter than a tale.
A drink precedes a story.
A dripping June sets all in tune.
A drop from every mug makes for a house
for the barmaid.
A drop hollows out a stone.
A drop in the sea.
A drop of honey catches more flies than a
hogshead of vinegar.
A drop of luck is worth a cask of wisdom.
A drop of sweat spent in a drill is a drop of
blood saved in a battle.
A drop of water breaks a stone.
A drop of water in the eyes of the Tsar costs
the country many handkerchiefs.
A drop of wisdom is better than a sea of
gold.
A drowning man catches at the water.
A drowning man catches even at a stalk of
straw.
A drowning man clings to a blade of grass.
A drowning man grabs at a straw.
A drowning man is not troubled by rain.
A drowning man struggles with water. (a
person in trouble makes an effort to
come out of it)
A drowning man takes hold of his own
hair.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw
A drowning man would catch at razors.
A drum that is sounded loudly will soon
split.
A drunk man will sober up, but a damn
fool never.