Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
An aimless wanderer wears away his legs.
An Aleppine can sell even a dried donkey
skin.
An alive person needs life.
An altercation is like buttermilk – the more
you stir it, the sourer it gets.
An ambassador bears no blame.
An American will go to hell for a bag of
coffee.
An ancient custom, not of to-day or
yesterday.
An angel abroad, and a devil at home.
An Angel on the road, a Devil at the
fireplace.
An angry man heeds no counsel.
An angry man is not fit to pray.
An angry word is like striking with a knife.
An animal that gives birth to a young one
in the desert must suckle it in the desert.
An animal with a famous name does not
always fill a hunter’s basket.
An animal with a popular name does not
always fill the hunters basket.
An animal’s end is slaughter.
An answer in a word.
An answer that does not resolve a quarrel
makes a thousand new ones.
An answer without a question signals guilt
without question.
An ant hole may collapse an embankment.
An ant may well destroy a whole dam.
An ant may work its heart out, but it can’t
make money.
An ant on the move does more than a
dozing ox.
An ant’s nest could bring down a hill.
An anthill is softened by continued
thudding of the feet. (success comes
through persistent efforts)
An ant-hill that is destined to become a
giant ant-hill will definitely become one,
no matter how many times it is
destroyed by elephants.
An ant-hill that is destined to become a
giant ant-hill will definitely become one,
no matter how many times it is
destroyed by elephants.
An ape is an ape, though decked with gold.
An ape is ne’er so like an ape, as when he
wears a doctor’s cape.
An ape, a priest, and a louse, are three
devils in one house.
An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though
they be clad in silk and scarlet.
An ape’s an ape, though he wear a gold
ring.
An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, though
they be clad in silk or scarlet
An apothecary ought not to be long a
cuckold.
An appetite is a true companion to plain
bread.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An apple does not fall far from the tree.
An apple never falls far from the tree.
An apple-pie without some cheese is like a
kiss without a squeeze.
An arch never sleeps.
An argument is fine only when there is to
be a fight.
An arm follows another arm.
An army is driven back by courage and not
by insults, however many.
An army marches on its stomach.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but,
ah, how difficult to find a general.
An army of deer would be more formidable
commanded by a lion, than a an army of
lions commanded by a stag.
An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat
an army of lions led by a sheep.
An army of stags led by a lion would be
more formidable than one of lions led
by a stag.
An arrogant bug is a cocky roach.
An arrow can be pulled out of a wound, but
a hurtful word stays forever in your
heart.
An arrow once shot is hard to get back.
An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s
head.
An art requires a whole man.
An artful bird can be trapped in a rotten
cage.
91