Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A friend that you buy with presents, will be
bought from you.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
A friend to everybody and to nobody is the
same thing.
A friend to everybody is a friend to
nobody.
A friend to my table and wine, is no good
neighbour.
A friend when in need is a faithful friend.
A friend who fawns is better than an enemy
who smiles.
A friend who visits you when you are
suffering is your best friend.
A friend will wipe away sweat but not
blood.
A friend won with a feather can be lost
with a straw.
A friend works in the light of the sun, an
enemy in the dark.
A friend you get for nothing; an enemy
must be bought.
A friend you have to buy; enemies you get
for nothing.
A friend, and look to thyself.
A friend’s dinner is soon dressed.
A friend’s envy is worse than an enemy’s
hatred.
A friend’s eye is a good looking-glass.
A friend’s eye is a good mirror.
A friend’s fault should be known but not
abhorred.
A friend’s faults may be notices, but not
blamed.
A friend’s frown is better than a fool’s
smile.
A friend’s meat is soon ready.
A friend’s misfortune should give you
wisdom. (Learn from the mistakes of
others.)
A friendly person is never a good-for-
nothing.
A friendly word is better than a heavy cake.
A friendly word is like a spring day.
A friendship that dies is never reborn.
A frog eats that which brings itself. (a
person should not be greatly blamed for
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committing a crime through enticement)
A frog hopped onto a wall and cried, ‘I can
see Kashmir!’
A frog in a well shaft.
A frog in a well-shaft seeing the sky.
A frog in the well knows not the ocean.
A frog living at the bottom of the well
thinks that the sky is as small as a
cooking pot lid.
A fruit tree that grows in a dung heap will
certainly blossom.
A fruit-bearing tree is known by its flowers.
A fu’ heart never lied.
A fu’ sack will tak a clout o’ the side.
A full belly counsels well.
A full belly dances better than a fine coat.
A full belly is neither good for flight, nor
for fighting.
A full belly is not the stomach of a scholar.
A full belly sets a man jigging.
A full bottle makes no sound; a half-bottle
sloshes around.
A full cup must be carried steadily.
A full ear of corn will bend its head; an
empty ear will stand upright.
A full ear requires three good things: good
time, good seeds and good hoeing.
A full heart lied never.
A full man is no eater.
A full pig in the sty doesn’t find the hungry
one going by.
A full pistol scares one person, an empty
one scares forty people.
A full purse cannot bend.
A full purse makes the mouth to speak.
A full purse never lacks friends.
A full sack pricks up its ear.
A full sail helped him to arrive.
A full seck will take a clout on the side.
A full stomach praises Lent.
A full vessel must be carried carefully.
A funeral is to mourn one another.
A gadding girl is rarely coy.
A galled horse does not care to be curried.