Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
I have no sword; I make no mind my sword.
I have nothing for dinner, sit down to table.
I have other fish to fry.
I have rather an ass that carries me than a
horse that throws me.
I have seen as light a green.
I have seen mair than I have eaten.
I have sifted my flour and hung up the
sieve.
I have so much to do that I am going to bed.
I have tane the sheaf frae the mare.
I have to learn how to walk on three legs
says the hyena for when I am old.
I have two masters -- God and the devil; I
work for the devil until lunch then I
follow the Lord.
I have washed my hands of it.
I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I
do and I understand.
I ken by my cog wha milks my cow.
I ken by your half-tale what your hale tale
means.
I ken I hae a gude deal o' the cuddy in me.
I kill the boars, but another eats the flesh.
I kiss thee hide, because thou art to be a
wine-bag.
I know by mine own pot how others boil.
I know by my own pot how the others boil.
I know nothing about it, I haven't seen it;
that is the best answer.
I know on which side my bread is buttered.
I know Simon, and Simon knows me.
I know they are all honest men, but my
cloak is nowhere to be found.
I know well what I say when I ask for bread.
I know what I know, but will say nothing
about it.
I learned much from my teachers, more
from my friends, and the most from my
pupils.
I left what I knew for what I heard praised,
and repented.
I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
I love cheese and Pepsi, too.
I love my friends -- but I love myself more.
I love others too, but I love myself more.
I may do, the child woke up. (To delay in
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doing something invites failure.)
I may go over my reckoning, but not over
my time.
I may have lost the ring, but I still have the
fingers.
I meant to cross myself and put out one of
my eyes.
I met a hundred men going to Delhi and
everyone is my brother.
I met a hundred men going to Delhi and
everyone is my brother.
I might have lost my ring, but I still have my
fingers.
I mistress and you miss, who is to sweep the
house?
I murmured because I had no shoes, until I
met a man who had no feet.
I must show you my heart.
I need not fear my enemies because the most
they can do is attack me. I need not fear
my friends because the most they can do
is betray me. But I have much to fear
from people who are indifferent.
I ne'er lo'ed water in my shoon, and my
wame's made o' better leather.
I neither give nor take, like a Jew on the
Sabbath.
I never ask God to give me anything; I only
ask him to put me where things are.
I never saw a silent rich man.
I never saw an oft-removed tree, Nor yet an
oft-removed family, That throve so well
as one that settled be.
I never was satisfied with "I will, I will." One
"take this" is better than two "I will give
you."
I only have my nails to scratch with and my
feet to walk on.
I own a cow in heaven, but I cannot drink
her milk.
I perfectly feel even at my fingers end.
I pointed out the stars and moon to you, but
all you saw was the tip of my finger.
I poured our own flour and hung our
hairsieve.