Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A mile walk with a friend has only one
hundred steps.
A mill and a wife are always in want of
something.
A mill cannot grind with water that is past.
A million of keys will get into a lock but
only one will open it.
A millstone gathers no moss.
A mind can make a heaven out of hell, or a
hell out of heaven.
A mind conscious of guilt is its own
accuser.
A mind conscious of innocence laughs at
the lies of rumor.
A minimal error at the start leads to a wide
divergence in the distance.
A mirk mirrour is a mans mind.
A mirror does not reflect a broken heart.
A mirror doesn’t know how to lie.
A mischievous dog must be tied short.
A miser and a liar bargain quickly.
A miser and a liar bargain quickly.
A miser and his persimmon seeds.
A miser is ever in want.
A miser’s money takes the place of wisdom.
A miser’s son is generally a spendthrift.
A miserly father makes a prodigal man.
A misfortune and a friar seldom go alone.
A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile.
A miss is as good as a mile
A mistake is no fraud.
A mistake is no reckoning.
A mistress in a high place is not a bad
thing.
A misty morning does not signify a cloudy
day.
A misty morning may be a clear day.
A misty winter brings a pleasant spring, a
pleasant winter a misty spring.
A mockingbird has no voice of his own.
A modest dog seldom grows fat.
A moment of patience can prevent a great
disaster and a moment of impatience
can ruin a whole life.
A moneyless man goes fast through the
market.
A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a
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thief in the gallows.
A monkey cannot dare what an elephant
can.
A monkey cannot judge a case involving a
forest.
A monkey climbs up trees because of the
things it sees. (a person’s actions are
prompted by the prevailing
circumstance)
A monkey doesn’t laugh at a burning bush.
A monkey dressed up is still a monkey.
A monkey in its mother’s eye is like a
gazelle.
A monkey is a gazelle in its mother’s eyes.
A monkey is not to be caught in a trap.
A monkey left behind laughs at the others
tail.
A monkey makes fun of the red behinds of
his fellow monkeys.
A monkey missed a branch. (a person doing
wrong things will one day caught)
A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly.
A monkey remains a monkey, though
dressed in silk.
A monkey that amuses me is better than a
deer astray.
A monkey that eats grass instead of banana
is a goat.
A monkey that eats with both hands will
sooner or later fall from the tree.
A monkey that pilfers from a widow’s
larder must not be admonished.
A Montgomery division: all on one side,
nothing on the other.
A month from a skylark, a half from a finch,
a little from a wagtail and not a day
from a swallow.
A moonlight has a bottom.
A morsel eaten gains no friend.
A morsel eaten selfishly does not gain a
friend.
A mosquito can make the lion’s eye bleed.
A moth will eat the finest linen.
A mother and daughter fought, and fool
thought they meant it.