Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A bee does not touch a withered flower.
A bee stinging a crying face.
A beetle is a beauty in the eyes of his moth-
er.
A beggar can never be bankrupt.
A beggar himself, can he afford to have one
asking for alms at his door?
A beggar is never out of his road.
A beggar on his feet is worth more than an
emperor in his grave.
A beggar talked to a picture, but picture
answered nothing.
A beggar will always be a beggar even if
they give him the whole world as a gift.
A beggar won’t mind being insulted.
A beggar’s estate lies in all lands.
A beggar’s hand is a bottomless basket.
A beggar’s knees are supple.
A beggar’s purse is bottomless.
A beggar’s wallet is never full.
A begun work is half ended.
A belching toad portends rain.
A believer is a songless bird in a cage
A bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat
or drink.
A bellyful is a bellyful.
A bellyful is one of meat, drink, or sorrow.
A bellyful of gluttony will never study
willingly.
A belt fastened while running will come
undone while running.
A benevolent man should allow a few
faults in himself to keeps his friends in
countenance.
A bent head is not touched by the sword.
A bequest, a found treasure, and parsimo-
ny make a man wealthy.
A bespattered hog tries to bespatter
another.
A better seldom comes after.
A bettlesie brain cannot lye.
A big chair does not make a king.
A big crowd, but not a human being in
sight.
A big dog doesn’t play around with a lap
dog.
A big fish is caught with big bait.
A big head cannot dodge a fist. (An elder
cannot avoid their responsibilities.)
A big heart is better than a big brain.
A big log is a shame to the fire, an evil per-
son is a shame to the house.
A big nose never spoiled a handsome face.
A big pumpkin is covered with leaves.
(when someone important does
something shameful something is done
to cover him up)
A big tree attracts the gale.
A big tree attracts the wind.
A big tree attracts the woodsman’s ax.
A bird can be guarded, a wife can’t.
A bird can roost but on one branch, a
mouse can drink not more than its fill
from a river.
A bird does not change its feathers because
the weather is bad.
A bird does not sing because he has the
answer to something, he sings because
he has a song.
A bird does not sing because it has an
answer. It sings because it has a song.
A bird doesn’t alert his fellow bird that a
stone is coming.
A bird doesn’t forget one who killed off his
feathers during the rain season.
A bird flies high above and its funeral is
performed on the ground.
A bird has a nest, man has a home.
A bird in hand is worth more than a hun-
dred in flight.
A bird in hand is worth ten in a tree.
A bird in the cage is worth a hundred at
large.
A bird in the hand is more worth than two
flying.
A bird in the hand is worth more than ten
in the bush.
A bird in the hand is worth ten in the bush.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A bird in the hand’s worth two fleeing by.
A bird in your hand is worth more than 100
in the forest.
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