Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A nagging woman and a crowing hen are
neither fit for God nor men.
A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is
overcome by habit.
A nail secures the horse-shoe, the shoe the
horse, the horse the man, the man the
castle, and the castle the whole land.
A naked man will often laugh at someone
with torn clothes.
A name does not ruin the thing itself.
A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being
emptied in one swig.
A narrow place can contain a thousand
friends.
A narrow space looks wide to the narrow
minded.
A nation is not conquered until the hearts
of its women are on the ground. Then it
is finished, no matter how brave its war-
riors or how strong their weapons.
A nation without a language is a nation
without a heart.
A nation’s treasure is in its scholars.
A nation’s treasure: scholars.
A naughty child must be roughly rocked.
A near neighbour is better than a distant
cousin.
A near neighbour is better than a far-
dwelling kinsman.
A neat house and a messy vineyard.
A necessary lie is harmless.
A neck without a head and a girl without
shame are not worth admiring or marry-
ing.
A needle cannot hold two threads or a
mind two thoughts.
A needle is sharp only at one end.
A neglected duty may returns tomorrow
with seven others at its back.
A neighbor’s hen looks as big as a goose,
and his wife as young as a girl.
A neighbour’s eye is full of jealousy.
A net will catch more than a pole.
A new broom is good for three days.
A new broom sweeps clean
A new broom sweeps clean, but an old one
scrapes better.
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old
brush knows all the corners.
A new broom sweeps clean.
A new broom sweeps in a new way.
A new broom sweeps well.
A new day shows a new way.
A new doctor is a plague on the country.
A new fowl always has string around its
legs.
A new net won’t catch an old bird.
A new pot retains its first scent.
A new servant can catch a running deer.
A new sieve is on a nail, then it gets under
the bed.
A new thing does not come to she who sits,
but to she who travels.
A new thing is a souce of joy even if is sore.
A new tout in all old horn.
A new walk in an old field.
A newborn baby has no fear of tigers.
A newly arrived chicken is vulnerable to
eagles. (If you are a stranger you should
travel with care because there are
unknown dangers.)
A newly committed crime awakens
sleeping ones.
A nibbling rabbit can also die of
overfeeding.
A nice day, a gift for a street peddlar.
A nice face is the best letter of
recommendation.
A nice place is never yours.
A nickel will get you on the subway, but
garlic will get you a seat.
A nightingale doesn’t feed on songs.
A noble prince or king never has a coin to
bless himself.
A noble word does not slaughter the bull.
A nobleman’s calf does not know how a
butcher kills.
A nobody to-day, a prince to-morrow.
A nod for a wise man, and a rod for a fool.
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind
donkey.
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.