Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
I a lazy lout, you a lazy lout, marry me,
Antonia.
I against my brother, I and my brother
against our cousin, I, my brother and our
cousin against the neighbors, All of us
against the foreigner.
I against my brother, I and my brother
against our cousin, I, my brother and our
cousin against the neighbors, All of us
against the foreigner.
I aint put ya in so I cant tek you out.
I am a gentleman and you are a gentleman;
who, then, should look after the pigs?
I am a mud hut, I can not stand shocks.
I am a prince and you are a prince; who will
lead the donkeys?
I am because we are.
I am because we are; we are because I am.
I am being carried on great wings across the
sky.
I am dead. It is as if everybody were dead.
Let the man left behind shut the door if
he wants to.
I am in a fix.
I am in a place where three ways meet.
I am just as good as you are, and a damned
sight better.
I am king, you a king: who is to fetch the
water?
I am less concerned about them than about
the croaking frogs in the marsh.
I am like you and you like me. the devil
united us.
I am neither at the ford nor the bridge.
I am not a merry man.
I am not dead yet. i can suffer a bit more.
I am not here to catch flies.
I am on good terms with the friend who eats
his bread with me.
I am recommending you to do what I
should do myself.
I am scratching myself where I am itching.
I am standing at the Earth's center.
I am talking to you, daughter-in-law, so that
you could hear it, neighbor.
I am touched but not broken by the waves.
I am what you will be, I was what you now
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are.
I am willing but unable.
I and Somalia against the world. I and my
clan against Somalia. I and my family
against the clan. I and my brother
against the family. I against my brother.
I ate honey in my childhood, and its
sweetness is still in my tooth.
I bake nae bread by your shins.
I bear the laurel-branch
I beggar is not favoured even by his
relations.
I being satisfied, the world is satisfied.
I believe what you say, I'm only surprised at
what you do.
I bought the nettle, sowed the nettle, and
then the nettle stung me.
I bought the nettle, sowed the nettle, and
then the nettle stung me.
I broke my leg, perhaps for my good.
I came to the place of my birth and cried,
"The friends of my youth, where are
they?" And echo answered, "Where are
they?"
I came, I saw, I won.
I can chew for you, my child, but you must
swallow by yourself.
I can find good in my boss but he is at
loggerheads with me.
I can get another husband but never another
brother.
I can only get better if I have good friends.
I can scarce believe you, ye speak sae fair.
I can see as far into a mill-stone as another
man.
I can speak but they told me to shut up
I canna afford you both tale and lugs.
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer
too.
I cannot find you both tails and ears.
I cannot get on with you, or without you.
I can't sing but I am a musicologist.
I complained because I had no shoes until I
met a man who had no feet.