Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The cub does not teach the Wolf.
The cuckold is the last that knows of it.
The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the
month of May; sings a song at
midsummer, and then goes away.
The cultivator is alone, but those who eat
are many.
The cunning wife makes her husband her
apron.
The cure for anxiety about the future is not
nostalgia for the past.
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat,
tears, or the sea.
The cure for bad times is patience.
The cure for fate is patience.
The cure is worse than the disease.
The cure may be worse than the disease.
The curse of the fowl does not bother the
kite.
The curse on the hearth wounds the deepest.
The customer is always right
The customer is always right.
The customers are known to the
shopkeepers.
The daily path never ends.
The damage of another is soon forgotten.
The dancing of Tanerore has begun.
The danger past, and God forgotten.
The danger past, the saint cheated.
The danger that threatens the hunting dog,
threatens the hunter too.
The Danube could be dammed by them.
The darkest hour comes just before the
dawn.
The darkest hour is before dawn.
The darkest hour is just before dawn.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
The darkest place is under the candlestick.
The darkness of night cannot stop the light
of morning.
The daughter of a spry old woman makes a
poor housekeeper.
The daughter-in-law wipes away what the
mother-in-law has seen.
The dawn does not come twice to awaken a
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man.
The day after is the student of the day
before.
The day cuts off the promise of the night.
The day did not know that night had fallen.
The day does not return.
The day has eyes, the night has ears.
The day I did not make my toilette, there
came to my house one I did not expect.
The day I did not sweep the house, there
came to it one I did not expect.
The day is for working, the night is for
resting.
The day is never so holy that the pot refuses
to boil.
The day is short and the work is long.
The day is short and work lasts a long time.
The day is sure to come when the cow will
want her tail.
The day never turns back again.
The day of happiness is short.
The day of the storm is not the time for
thatching your roof.
The day the jackel dies, it won’t find a musa
tree under which to take shade. (a bad
person will not find any assistance in
time of need)
The day the monkey is destined to die, all
the trees get slippery.
The day the old woman disappears is when
the hyena excretes grey hair.
The day we fear hastens toward us, the day
we long for creeps.
The day will come for the despot to pay.
The day will come when cats have horns
and Dutchmen will be circumcised.
The day will come when the cow will have
use for her tail.
The day you are leaving is not the time to
start your preparations.
The day you decide to do it is your lucky
day.
The day you go naked, is the day you will
meet your father.
The day you marry, it is either kill or cure.