Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A king for a moment, and a beggar soon
after.
A king is like a lake, you can’t dispense
him, otherwise, you risk drowning.
A king of Whitsuntide.
A king or a slave.
A king who doesn’t tolerate comments
about his mouth shouldn’t eat in public.
A king, a master, a parent, a judge, may fail
to frighten us; but sickness coming
brings with it successful reproof.
A king’s castle is his home.
A king’s chaff is worth more than other
men’s corn.
A king’s face should show grace.
A king’s favour is no inheritance.
A king’s son is no nobler than his company.
A king’s son is not nobler than his food.
A kingdom’s strength is in mutual honor.
A kinsman in trouble has to be saved, not
blamed.
A kiss and a drink o’ water mak but a
wersh breakfast.
A kiss without a beard is like an egg
without salt.
A kiss without a hug is like a flower with-
out the fragrance.
A kiss without a hug is like a flower
without the fragrance.
A kiss without a moustache is like beef
without mustard.
A kitchen dog never was good for the
chase.
A kitchen knife cannot carve its own han-
dle.
A kitchen-dog is never a good rabbit-
hunter.
A Klingon does not postpone a matter of
honor.
A Klingon does not run away from his
battles.
A Klingon warrior is always prepared to
fight.
A knife and a shaving-knife are alike.
A knife does not fear thorns, a woman fears
man.
A knife does not know who is its master.
A knife does not recognise its owner.
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by
words does not.
A knife-wound heals, but a tongue wound
festers.
A known mistake is better than an
unknown truth.
A kola nut is small, but it is more important
that it goes round to each person and
not that it fills the stomach.
A kopeck saves the rouble, and the rouble
guards your head.
A lad on the dam.
A lady has to be of the right cut and the
right measure to make a pretty figure.
A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a
man to be a gentleman.
A lamb takes after its mother.
A lame cat is better than a swift horse when
rats infest the palace.
A lame crab walks straight.
A lame goat will not sleep by day.
A lame man always speaks when it’s time
to run.
A lame man won’t walk with one who is
lamer.
A lame of heart is not a lame of leg; he
cannot be recognized.
A lame person bore a child who was not
lame. (It is possible for a good thing to
come from something that is not good.)
A lamp in the street, obscurity at home.
A landmark is very well placed between the
fields of two brothers.
A language silenced is a people who die.
A large chair does not make a king.
A large eye does not mean keen vision.
A large fire often comes from a small spark.
A lass that has many wooers often fares the
worst.
A late Easter, a long cold spring.
A late repentance is a dogs idea.
A laughing ermine eats a goodly cobbler
while the weasel dances to his own
tune.
A laughing jackal portends a witch in the
rafters.
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