Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
There's mair ways to the wood than ane.
There's many a good cock come out of a
tattered bag.
There's many a good man to be found under
a shabby hat.
There's many a good tune played on an old
fiddle.
There's many a knave concealed under a
surplice.
There's many a ship lost within sight of
harbour.
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the
lip.
There's measure in a' things, even in kail
supping.
There's more than one way to beat the devil
around the bush.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
There's more to dancing than a pair of
dancing shoes.
There's muckle ado when muirland folk
ride.
There's nae fules like auld fules.
There's nae poackits in a shroud.
There's naething sae gude on this side o'
time but it might hae been better.
There's neither rhyme nor reason.
There's neither success nor efficiency
without authority and laws.
There's never a wise man without fault.
There's no accounting for taste.
There's no advice like father's -- even if you
don't take it.
There's no agreement under pressure.
There's no arguing with the barrel of a gun.
There's no argument like that of the stick.
There's no bad without the good.
There's no bread without hoe.
There's no catching trouts with dry
breeches.
There's no compassion like the penny.
There's no defense against the wrath of God.
There's no disputing about tastes.
There's no eel so small but it hopes to
become a whale.
There's no evil that lasts a hundred years,
nor a body that can endure it.
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There's no flock without carrion.
There's no fool like a learned fool.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no fun in physics, but a good deal of
physics in fun.
There's no getting to heaven in a coach.
There's no glory without sacrifice.
There's no going to heaven in a sedan.
There's no great loss without some gain.
There's no guarding against the privy thief.
There's no handsome woman on the
wedding day, except the bride.
There's no harm in wine, it's drunkenness
that is at fault.
There's no hearth like your own hearth.
There's no hearthstone like your own
hearthstone.
There's no hurry, said the shoemaker, he
had gruel with his awl.
There's no insurance against death and
poverty.
There's no insurmountable Mount of
Flames.
There's no iron so hard that rust won't fret
it; and there's no cloth so fine that moths
won't eat it.
There's no living without friends.
There's no making a donkey drink against
his will.
There's no making a good cloak of bad cloth.
There's no making a silk purse of a sow's
ear.
There's no making apples of plums.
There's no making the ass drink when his is
not thirsty.
There's no medicine for fear.
There's no need to fear the wind if your
haystacks are tied down.
There's no need to grease the fat pig's rump.
There's no physician like a true friend.
There's no place like home.
There's no plan that can handle the vagaries
of March.
There's no point in whistling at an ox who
doesn't want to drink.