Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A great affair covers up a small matter.
A great anvil fears not noise.
A great boaster is rarely a great performer.
A great book is a great evil.
A great church and little devotion.
A great city. A great desert.
A great dowry, a bed full of brambles.
A great estate is not gotten in a few hours.
A great fortune depends on luck, a small
one on diligence.
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a
great misfortune.
A great fortune is a great servitude.
A great lance-thrust to a dead Moor.
A great leader is an ordinary person with
extraordinary wisdom.
A great leap gives a great shake.
A great liar has a good memory.
A great man will not trample on a worm,
nor sneak to an emperor.
A great man’s entreaty is a command.
A great position entails great responsibility.
A great river does not refuse any small
streams.
A great sea comes not through a narrow
strait.
A great ship asks for deep waters.
A great sin can enter by a small door.
A great stone fell down from his heart.
A great talker is a great liar.
A great talker may be no fool, but he is one
who relies on him.
A great thrust of a lance at a dead Moor.
A greedy father has thieves for children.
A greedy man God hates.
A greedy man is always poor.
A greedy man is born to cavort with the
devil.
A greedy man’s possession is eaten by a
pirate.
A greedy mek fly follow coffin go a hole.
A greedy mill grinds all kinds of corn.
A greedy person and a pauper are
practically one and the same.
A green Christmas makes a fat churchyard.
A green grass in the green snake.
A green Yule makes a fat churchyard.
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A greyhound finds food in its feet.
A grilled locust is better than no soup.
A gross belly does not produce a refined
mind.
A grunting donkey is nothing to be
ashamed of.
A grunting horse and a graneing wife
seldom fail their master.
A guard dog cannot watch two homes at
once.
A gude fellow is a costly name.
A gude goose may hae an ill gaiflin.
A guest and a fish after three days are
poison.
A guest and a fish stink in three days.
A guest for a day is welcome the whole
year.
A guest hammers a nail in the wall even if
he stays only one night.
A guest has not to thank the host, but the
host the guest.
A guest is a gift, a thief a tragedy.
A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he
becomes a nuisance.
A guest mourner does not wail as though
his heart is broken.
A guest sees more in an hour than a host in
a year.
A guest should be blind in another man’s
house.
A guest should not cause his host’s demise.
When the guest is ready to leave, his
host should not have given him a hunch
-back.
A guest should not remain for ever a guest.
A guest sticks a nail in the wall even if he
stays but one night.
A guest who breaks the dishes of his host is
not soon forgotten.
A guest who comes empty handed does not
deserve a warm welcome.
A guest will not eat what he hopes for but
what he finds.
A guest will not know what fasting means.