Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Get what you can and keep what you have;
that's the way to get rich.
Get what you can, and what you get, hold;
it's the stone that will turn all your lead
into gold.
Get your ox from a young cow and your
horse from an old mare.
Getting married with a woman is nothing;
it's assuming the responsibility of
marriage that counts.
Getting money is like digging with a needle.
Spending it is like water soaking into the
sand.
Getting only a beautiful woman is like
planting a vine on the roadside everyone
feeds on it.
Getting things done is largely a matter of
getting things started.
Getting what you go after is called success,
but liking it while you are getting it is
called happiness.
Giant silk cotton trees grow out of very tiny
seeds.
Gie a bairn his will, and a whelp its fill, and
nane o' them will e'er do weel.
Gie is a gude fellow, but he soon wearies.
Gie wearies.
Gie ye meat, drink, an cleas, an ye'll beg
amang yer freends.
Giff, gaff, makes good friends.
Gifts are according to the giver.
Gifts are often losses.
Gifts blind the eyes.
Gifts break rocks and melt hearts.
Gifts break rocks.
Gifts dissolve rocks.
Gifts from enemies are dangerous.
Gifts is the key to the female heart.
Gifts make friendship lasting.
Gifts make their way through stone walls.
Gifts should be handed, not thrown.
GihJack he jacket.
Girl, do not exult in thy wedding dress; see
how much trouble lurks behind it.
Girls marry to please parents, widows to
please themselves.
Girls will be girls.
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Girne when you knit, and laugh when ye
loose.
Give a beggar a bed and he'll repay you
with a louse.
Give a blind man eyes and he will ask for
eyebrows.
Give a clown your finger he'll grasp your
fist.
Give a clown your finger, and he will take
your hand.
Give a clown your foot, and he'll take your
hand.
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
Give a dog a bad name and hang it.
Give a dog a tasty name and eat him.
Give a dog an ill name and ye may hang
him.
Give a dog an ill name, and you may as well
hang him.
Give a fool rope enough and he will hang
himself.
Give a grateful man more than he asks.
Give a helping hand to a man in trouble.
Give a hint to the man of sense, and
consider the thing done.
Give a horse to the one who likes the truth
so that on it he can escape.
Give a Hungarian a glass of water and a
Gypsy fiddler and he will become
completely drunk.
Give a little, take a little.
Give a loaf, and beg a shive.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he will eat for
the rest of his life.
Give a man a fish and he won't starve for a
day. Teach a man how to fish and he
won't starve for his entire life.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a
day; teach a man to fish and you feed
him for a lifetime.
Give a man a fish and you will feed him for
a day...
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a
man how to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.