Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Such as the man is, such will be his
discourse.
Such awkward things will happen as going
into the great square and coming back
without ears.
Such beginning, such end.
Such bird, such egg.
Such is the fate of the sheep: either shorn or
roasted.
Such mother, such daughter.
Such things happen even to better folk.
Sudden friendship sure repentance.
Sudden frightening occurrence knows no
brave person.
Sudden glory soon goes out.
Sudden trust brings sudden repentance.
Sue a beggar and catch a louse.
Suffer and expect.
Suffering and patience, obedience and
application, help the lowly born to
honour.
Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
Sugarcane is always sweet people only
sometimes so.
Sugared words generally prove bitter.
Suit the behavior to the occasion.
Suit yourself to the times.
Summary justice is a summary offense.
Summer is the mother of the poor.
Summer is the season of inferior sledding.
Summer sown corn and women's advice
turn out once in every seven years.
Summer will not last for ever.
Sun is for cucumbers, rain for rice.
Sunshine all the time makes a desert.
Sunshine always follows a dark night.
Superficiality goes from the door to the
balcony.
Superfine green beans, tomatoes and
Chasselas grapes.
Supper is soon served up in a plentiful
house.
Suppers have killed more than doctors have
ever cured.
Suppers kills mair than doctors cure.
Supple as a glove.
Supposing doesn't fill the grain basket; 'if'
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doesn't fill the larder.
Surfeit slayes mae nor the sword.
Surfeits slay mae than swords.
Surfeits slay mair than the sword.
Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not
make you a giant.
Survival must be earned.
Survive the jaw of a tiger.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty party.
Suspicion bears dark devils.
Suspicion is the bane of friendship.
Suspicion is the poison of friendship.
Suspicion is the sister of the wrong.
Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it
may be a great one.
Sussex won't be druv.
Swallow a date with its stone.
Swarms in March make good honey.
Swear by your brunt shins.
Swearing in the name of one god while at
the shrine of another god.
Swear't to bed and sweer't up in the
morning.
Sweat makes good mortar.
Sweep around your own doorstep first.
Sweep before your own door before you
look after your neighbour's.
Sweep before your own door before you
sweep before others.
Sweep before your own door first before
you sweep before the doorsteps of your
neighbors.
Sweep before your own door.
Sweep first before your own door, before
you sweep the doorsteps of your neigh-
bors.
Sweep in front of your own door before you
look after your neighbor's.
Sweep in front of your own door.
Sweep the dirt from in front of your own
door, and don't worry about your
neighbour's.
Sweep the house with a broom in may and
you'll sweep the luck of the house away.
Sweet and sour walk hand in hand.