Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A saddle fits more backs than one.
A saft aiver was ne’er a gude horse.
A sailor must have his eye trained to the
rocks and sands as well as the north
star.
A saint that cannot cure anyone has few
disciples.
A sandal is not a shoe; a cap is not a turban.
A sandstorm passes; the stars remain.
A satiated man doesn’t know what’s
hunger, a healthy man doesn’t know
what’s disease.
A satisfied man doesn’t understand the
feeling of a hungry man.
A satisfied man is happy even if he is poor;
a dissatisfied man is sad even if he is
rich.
A satisfied person does not know the
hungry man.
A satisfied person does not know what a
hungry one feels.
A sauna -- the poor man’s pharmacy.
A sauna makes a woman most beautiful
one hour after the bath.
A scabby colt may make a good horse.
A scabby head fears the comb.
A scald head need strong lye.
A scalded cat dreads cold water.
A scalded dog fears even the rain.
A scalded dog thinks cold water hot.
A scanian is only swedish during the
icehockey world championships.
A scared dog barks to pretend to its master
but a brave dog bits to protect him.
A sceptre is one thing, a ladle another.
A scholar’s ink is worth as much as the
blood of the martyr.
A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyr’s
blood.
A scorpion never stung me but I cured
myself with its grease.
A Scots man is ay wife behind band.
A scots mist will weet an englishman to the
skin.
A sculptor is a maker of things eternal.
A sea will not dry up, a nation will not get
lost.
A seat in the council is honour without
profit.
A second marriage is like a warmed-up
meal.
A second wife cannot celebrate the beating
of the first wife because that same
beating awaits her when the third wife
arrives.
A second woman has golden thighs.
A secret agreement enabled people to kill
Watatua.
A secret between two is God’s secret, a
secret between three is everybody’s.
A secret between two is God’s secret; a
secret between three is known to all.
A secret foe gives a sudden blow.
A secret imparted is no longer a secret.
A secret is a weapon and a friend.
A secret is between two; when a third is
involved, it’s no secret.
A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my
hand it takes wing.
A secret is too little for one, enough for two,
too much for three.
A secret remains a secret only when one
person knows it.
A secretive person is up to some mischief.
A self confident woman will soon be
married.
A sense of humor is the pole that adds
balance to our steps as we walk the
tightrope of life.
A servant and a cock must be kept but one
year.
A servant serves a king, he serves the king
well; a servant serves two kings, he is
true to one.
A servant who has two masters, lies to one
of them.
A service done to the unwilling is no
service.
A severely underpaid hungry teacher in a
renovated, well-equipped classroom,
can perform just as well as a bird
without feathers can do in a hanging,
decorated cage.
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