Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
You can't milk a cow with your hands in
your pants.
You can't move faster than your shadow.
You can't order a goat to eat the hyena.
You can't pick up two melons with one
hand.
You can't please everyone.
You can't polish a turd.
You can't prevent a bird from flying over
your head, but you can prevent him
from making a nest in your head.
You can't punch your way into heaven.
You can't push on a rope.
You can't put "thank you" in your pocket.
You can't put a wide head on young
shoulders.
You can't put both feet in one shoe.
You can't put new wine in old bottles.
You can't put two saddles on the same
horse.
You can't run with the hare and hunt with
the hounds.
You can't say "prruci" without lips.
You can't see the sun when you're crying.
You can't see the whole sky through a
bamboo pole.
You can't see the whole sky through a
bamboo tube.
You can't serve God and Mammon.
You can't sew buttons on your neighbor's
mouth.
You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.
You can't shame the wicked.
You can't shoe a horse while it is running.
You can't sleep and be on guard.
You can't spread a net to catch a bird that is
watching you.
You can't squeeze blood from a rock.
You can't squeeze blood from a stone.
You can't steal second base with your foot
on first.
You can't stop a pig from wallowing in the
mud.
You can't straighten a snake by putting it in
a bamboo cane.
You can't take a cow from a man who has no
cows.
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You can't take a second drink unless you
have taken a first.
You can't take a step that's longer than your
legs.
You can't take blood from a stone.
You can't take it with you when you go.
You can't take the milk back from the coffee.
You can't teach an old dog how to gnaw a
bone.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
You can't teach grandma to suck eggs.
You can't teach old dogs to sit.
You can't tell a book by its cover.
You can't tell the colour of somebody's cloth
from his shadow.
You can't tell the cost of food and fuel
without being the head of a household;
you can't appreciate the love of your
parents without having children of your
own.
You can't tell the depth of the well by the
length of the handle on the pump.
You can't throw a handkerchief over
somebody's mouth.
You can't trust that a job will be done
properly unless you do it yourself.
You can't trust your best friend.
You can't turn a buzzard / a dolt into a
sparrowhawk.
You can't unscramble an egg.
You can't unscramble eggs.
You can't unscramble scrambled eggs.
You can't use your hand to force the sun to
set.
You can't wake a person who is pretending
to be asleep.
You can't walk before you can crawl.
You can't win them all
You catch more flies with honey than with
vinegar
You catch the mice with bacon.
You chew from one side of your mouth and
keep the other side still.
You come with a cat and call it a rabbit.
You compare the bee to the grasshopper.
You compare the moorhen to the I swan.