Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A 1000 miles journey starts with a single
step.
A babe is a bit of heaven sent from the
hand of God.
A babe is a mother’s anchor; she cannot
swing from her moorings.
A baby cannot be heard crying in his
mother’s womb.
A baby is an angel whose wings decrease
as his legs increase.
A baby on its mother’s back doesn’t know
the journey is long.
A baby that does not cry will die on its
mother’s back.
A bachelor and a dog can do anything.
A bachelor is never sent as a go-between.
A bachelor should always spend minimum
time with a friend’s wife.
A bachelor’s wife doesn’t have ears.
A back does not break from bending.
A bad agreement is better than a good law-
suit.
A bad beginning may make a good ending.
A bad beginning, a bad ending.
A bad broom leaves a dirty room.
A bad brother is far better than no brother.
A bad bush is better than an open field.
A bad cause requires many words.
A bad compromise is better than a good
lawsuit.
A bad compromise is better than a
successful lawsuit.
A bad cook also has his/her share of the
bad food.
A bad dancer always has trouble with his
balls.
A bad day never have a good night.
A bad deed always follows the owner. (A
person will bear the consequences of the
bad things they have done.)
A bad excuse is better than none
A bad father has never a good son.
A bad habit is like fire, you can’t play with
it and expect not to get burnt.
A bad habit that lasts more than a year may
turn into a custom.
A bad hair cut is two people’s shame.
A bad horse eats as much as a good one.
A bad husband cannot be a good man.
A bad husband makes a bad wife
A bad job is not as worthless as a good
game.
A bad knife cuts one’s finger instead of the
stick.
A bad labour, and a daughter after all.
A bad man in Zion City is a good man in
Chicago.
A bad man talks about what he has eaten
and drunk – a good man about what he
has seen and heard.
A bad man’s gift is like his master.
A bad mother wishes for good children.
A bad name is like a stigma.
A bad neighbor will give you a needle with
no thread.
A bad one breaks his board.
A bad peace is better than a good quarrel.
A bad peace is better than a good war.
A bad penny always comes back.
A bad penny always turns up
A bad reaper never gets a good sickle.
A bad reputation is seldom completely
amiss.
A bad rower blames the oar.
A bad rumor is better than bad news.
A bad rumour flies on wings.
A bad shearer never had a good sickle.
A bad son gives his mother a bad name.
A bad thing never dies.
A bad tree does not yield good apples.
A bad wife is a poor harvest for sixty years.
A bad wife is one hundred years of bad
harvest.
A bad wife wishes her husband’s heel
turned homewards, and not his toe.
A bad woman is worse than a bad man.
A bad word whispered will echo a hundred
miles.
A bad workman always blames his tools.
A bad workman blames his tools.
A bad workman never finds a good tool.
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
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