Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A sword of lead in a scabbard of ivory.
A sword’s honour is its idleness.
A system that works is worth golden.
A table friend is changeable.
A table is not blessed if it has fed no
scholars.
A tailless dog cannot express his joy.
A tailor does not select his cloth.
A taking hand will never want.
A tale is soon told; a deed is not soon done.
A tale never tines in the telling.
A talkative bird will not build a nest.
A talkative person is a traveller when he is
tired, he keeps quiet.
A tarrowing bairn was never fat.
A Tatar says to a Tatar: Call me Aga and I
will call you Aga, and we shall both be
Agas.
A tattler is war than a thief.
A tax collector is best hung on Sunday.
A tea cup on the edge of a well.
A teacher is better than two books.
A teacher is someone who ploughs with his
tongue to fill his little bowl with rice.
A teacher stands in fear of teaching.
A teacher will appear when the student is
ready.
A tear at the right moment is better than a
misplaced smile.
A tear bedews my Delila’s eye, from morn
till dewy eve; But if you ask the reason
why, she can’t tell, I believe.
A tear in the eye is a wound in the heart.
A teem purse makes a bleat merchant.
A tender bamboo cannot be eagerly desired
for building.
A tender-hearted mother makes a scabby
daughter.
A tent without a woman is like a violin
with no strings.
A termite can do nothing to a stone save
lick it.
A termite grows up in dry wood, and yet
comes to maturity.
A thankless man never does a thankful
deed.
A thief believes everybody steals.
A thief cries, “Stop thief!”.
A thief does not like to be robbed.
A thief does not willingly see another carry
a basket.
A thief finds another one.
A thief has more than two hands.
A thief is a king until he is caught.
A thief is a rogue but the one who repays is
a gentleman.
A thief is a thief, whether he steals a dia-
mond or a cucumber.
A thief is always under suspicion.
A thief is caught by his fellow thief.
A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a
wolf.
A thief makes opportunity.
A thief not caught becomes a king.
A thief passes for a gentleman when
stealing has made him rich.
A thief seldom grows rich by thieving.
A thief thinks every man steals.
A thief thinks everybody steals.
A thief who steals from a thief is not a thief.
A thief’s end is hanging.
A thief’s hat is burning.
A thimbleful of experience is worth a tubful
of knowledge.
A thin cat and a fat woman are the shame
of a household.
A thing begun is half done.
A thing done has a head.
A thing is never much talked of but there is
some truth in it.
A thing is not bad if well understood.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
A thing that comes fast must be pursued
just as fast.
A thing that is firmly fixed cannot be
dislodged except with much trouble.
A thing too much seen is little prized.
A thistle is a fat salad for an ass’s mouth.
A thorn comes into the world point
foremost.
A thorn defends the rose, harming only
those who would steal the blossom.
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