Boxed in
Boys will be boys
Bread is the staff of life
Broken in two
Bus stop
Business before pleasure
Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance
Centre parting
Charity begins at home
Charity covers a multitude of sins
Cheats never prosper
Children Have Wide Ears and Long Tongues
Children should be seen and not heard
Christmas comes but once a year
Christmas comes but once a year, but Hallmark makes sure it lasts three months
Civility costs nothing
Cleanliness is next to Godliness
Clothes make a man
Coin a phrase
Cold hands, warm heart
Come out to play
Common fame is seldom to blame
Confession is good for the soul
Confidence is a plant of slow growth
Constant dripping wears away the stone
Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned
Count your blessings
Cultivate money and you grow rich, Cultivate mind and you raise culture
Curiosity killed the cat
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost
Cut your coat according to your cloth
Daddies know best
Danger can never be overcome without taking risks
Dead men tell no tales
Death is the great leveller
Death pays all debts
Desperate Diseases Call for Desperate Remedies
Diamonds cut diamonds
Different strokes for different folk
Diligence is the mother of good fortune
Discretion is the better part of valour
Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow
Distance lends enchantment to the view
Distance makes the heart grow fonder
Divide and rule
Do as I say, and not as I do
Do as you would be done by
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped
Do not praise yourself while going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle
Do not search for a calf under an ox
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from a friends forehead
Do not wear out your welcome
Do right and fear no man
Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you
Don't answer back
Don't talk back
Dont count the days, make the days count!
Dont make love at the garden gate, love is blind but the neighbours aint
Dont teach your grandmother to suck eggs
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
Draw a line under
Draw Not Your Bow Till the Arrow is Fixed
Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage
Due to the presence of fools, wise people stand out
Dump husband in September, you have to get rid of the spiders
Early to bed and early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy and wise
Easy come, easy go
Easy peasy
Eat well, stay fit, die anyway
Empty sacks will never stand upright
Enough is as good as a feast
Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief
Every Ass Loves to Hear Himself Bray
Every bird loves to hear himself sing
Every body wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every Cook Praises His Own Broth
Every cross has its inscriptions
Every devil has not a cloven hoof
Every dog has his day
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard
Every flow hath its ebb
Every little helps
Every man has his price
Every picture tells a story
Every Soldier has the Baton of a Field Marshal in his Knapsack
Every step of life is a risk
Everyday is a fresh slate
Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet
Everything comes to him who waits
Everything must have a beginning
Everything under the sun
Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding
Experience is a great servant
Experience is a wonderful thing It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again
Experience is better bought than taught
Experience is the best teacher
Face to face
Facts are stubborn things
Faint heart never won fair lady
Fair exchange is no robbery
Fair without , false within
Faith will move mountains
Fall seven times, stand up eight
Falling star
Familiarity breeds contempt
Fate leads the willing but drives the stubborn
Fear lends wings
Feed a cold starve a fever
Fight fire with fire
Fight truth decay, read the bible
Finders keepers, losers weepers
Fine feathers make fine birds
Fine words butter no parsnips
First come, first served
First Impressions are the Most Lasting
First in the queue
First things first
Fish and guests smell in three days
Fish are no respectors of human boredom, so why go angling
Flies Come to Feasts Unasked
Flies never visit an egg that has no crack
Fogiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the foot that crushed it
Folly grows without watering
Fools and madmen speak the truth
Fools build houses, and wise men live in them
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Fools seldom differ
Football is a game of two halves
For better, for worse
For instance
For sale
Forbidden fruits create many jams
Forewarned is forearmed
Forgive and forget
Fortune favours the brave
Four poster bed
Four things drive a man out of his house: too much smoke, a dripping roof, filthy air and a scolding wife
Friends are made by many acts - and lost by only one
Friendship is like money,easier made than kept
From clogs to clogs in only three generations
From the sweetest wine the tartest vinegar
Fruit out of season, sorrow out of reason
Full of hope
Genius is an Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains
Gentle is that gentle does
Get up and go
Gie yer tongue mair holidays nor yer heid
Give a clown a finger and he will take your hand
Give and spend and God will send
Give credit where credit is due
Give Neither Counsel Nor Salt till You Are Asked For It
Gluttony kills more than the sword
Go along for the ride
Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers
God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself
God gives every bird its food, but does not always drop it into the nest
God help the poor, for the rich can help themselves
God helps those who help themselves
God is alive and well and working on something less ambitious
God is Always on the Side of the Big Battalions
God made the country and man made the town!
Golden dishes will never turn black
Good and quickly seldom meet
Good broth may be made in an old pot
Good fences make good neighbours!
Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget
Good looking
Good people are scarce
Good talk saves the food
Goodness is better than beauty
Grease is the only cure for a hangover
Great minds think alike
Great minds think alike, simple minds cant think of anything different
Great oaks from little acorns grow
Greedy folks have long arms
Grow your own dope - plant a man!
Growing pains
Gut No Fish Till You Get Them
Half a loaf is better than no bread
Handsome is as handsome does
Happiness is not a state of mind, but a manner of travelling
Happiness is wanting what you have - not having what you want
Happy is the bride the sun shines on
Hard work never did anyone any harm
Haste makes waste
Hasty climbers have sudden falls
Hate is like cancer slowly eating us away inside
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs
Have you ever noticed? anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac
He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes
He is an ill companion that has a good memory
He is at Ease Who Has Enough
He Is Rich Enough That Wants Nothing
He knows best what good is that has endured evil
He Lives Long Who Lives Well
He That Brings Good News Knocks Hard
He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing
He that plants a tree plants for posterity
He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill!
He That Teaches Himself has a Fool for his Master
He That Will Not Be Counselled Cannot Be Helped
He travels fastest who travels alone
He who awaits much receives little
He who comes with a story to you will bring two away from you
He who dares wins
He who does not honour his wife dishonours himself
He who drinks Australian Thinks Australian
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day
He who flies high is a short step from a big fall
He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son
He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin
He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup
He who hesitates is lost
He who is ABSENT is always in the Wrong
He Who Keeps Company with the Wolf Will Learn How to Howl
He who knows better has never tried it
He who laughs last laughs longest
He who laughs last, thinks the slowest!
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword
He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing
He who pays the piper calls the tune
He who plays with fire will get burnt
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount
He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon
He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate, he who loves finds the gates open
He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty
Head for cover
Head over heels
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
History repeats itself
Hole in one
Home is where the heart is
Home is where you hang your hat
Home sweet home
Honesty is the best policy
Hope springs eternal
Hunger is the best sauce
I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet
I pointed out to you the stars and all you saw was the tip of my finger
Idle people lack no excuses
If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame
If anything can go wrong, it will
If Fortune calls, offer him a seat
If in doubt, mumble
If life deals you lemons make lemonade
If the Blind Lead the Blind, Both Shall Fall Into the Ditch
If the cap fits, wear it
If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars
If there were no lossers there could be no winners
If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride
If you are planning for a year - sow rice, if you are planning for a decade - sow trees, if you are planning for a lifetime - educate people
If you believe everything you read, you better not read
If you educate a man you educate an individual but if you educate a woman you educate a family
If you get a good wife you will be happy, if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher
If you get it overnight, you can lose it just as quick
If you lie down with dogs you will come up with fleas
If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree
If you wish to be loved, love
If you would enjoy the fruit, pluck not the flower
Ignorance is bliss
Ill-gotten gains never prosper
Imagination is the highest kite you can fly
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
In a battle between elephants, the ants get squashed
In April,a youg mans thoughts turn to fancy!
In black and white
In for a penny, in for a pound
In the coldest flint there is hot fire
In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has
In the land of hope there is never any winter
In the Land of the Blind the One Eyed Man is King
In vino veritas
Inverted comma
Is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice
It is a long lane that has no turning
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait
It is better to love and lost than never to love at all
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
It is better to wear out than to rust out
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission
It is foolish to deal with a fool
It is good to be knowledgeable, but better to be lovable
It is good to have company in misery
It is in vain to cast your net where there is no fish
It is never too late to be what you might have been
It is possible to give without loving but it is impossible to love without giving
It is what is in the mind when sober, that comes out of the mouth when drunk
It never rains but it pours
It takes all sorts to make a world
It takes one bad apple to spoil the barrel!
It takes one day to destroy a house but to build a new one will take months, perhaps years
It takes one to know one
It takes two to make a quarrel
It takes two to tango
It will all come out in the wash
It will all come right in the wash
It's the thought that counts
Its a dogs life
Its a wise child that knows its own father
Its only rock n roll but I like it
Its too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
Jack of all trades, master of none
Judge not that you be not judged
Just between you and me
Keep your chin up
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer
Keep your powder dry
Kill not the goose that lays the golden egg
Kill two birds with one stone
Kiss and make up
Kiss and tell
Know which side your bread is buttered
Knowing is not enough; We must Apply Willing is not enough; We must Do
Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone
Laughter is the best medicine
Laughter is the closest distance between two people
Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth
Lean liberty is better than fat slavery
Lear from the past, Live for today Look for tomorrow, take a nap this afternoon
Learn to say no It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere
Least said soonest mended
Lend your money and lose your friend
Let bygones be bygones
Let sleeping dogs lie
Let the buyer beware
Life after death
Life begins at forty
Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved
Life is beautiful
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is like a box of chocolates, sometimes hard, sometimes soft
Life is like a drawing pin - sharp at one end, and flat at the other
Life is like a good book, the more you get into it the more it makes sense
Life is like a horse race there are winners and losers
Life is not all beer and skittles
Life is one long catwalk
Lightning never strikes twice
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked man ruling over a helpless people
Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of gifts he does not give
Like father, like son
Like flogging a dead horse
Boys will be boys
Bread is the staff of life
Broken in two
Bus stop
Business before pleasure
Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance
Centre parting
Charity begins at home
Charity covers a multitude of sins
Cheats never prosper
Children Have Wide Ears and Long Tongues
Children should be seen and not heard
Christmas comes but once a year
Christmas comes but once a year, but Hallmark makes sure it lasts three months
Civility costs nothing
Cleanliness is next to Godliness
Clothes make a man
Coin a phrase
Cold hands, warm heart
Come out to play
Common fame is seldom to blame
Confession is good for the soul
Confidence is a plant of slow growth
Constant dripping wears away the stone
Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned
Count your blessings
Cultivate money and you grow rich, Cultivate mind and you raise culture
Curiosity killed the cat
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost
Cut your coat according to your cloth
Daddies know best
Danger can never be overcome without taking risks
Dead men tell no tales
Death is the great leveller
Death pays all debts
Desperate Diseases Call for Desperate Remedies
Diamonds cut diamonds
Different strokes for different folk
Diligence is the mother of good fortune
Discretion is the better part of valour
Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow
Distance lends enchantment to the view
Distance makes the heart grow fonder
Divide and rule
Do as I say, and not as I do
Do as you would be done by
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped
Do not praise yourself while going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle
Do not search for a calf under an ox
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from a friends forehead
Do not wear out your welcome
Do right and fear no man
Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you
Don't answer back
Don't talk back
Dont count the days, make the days count!
Dont make love at the garden gate, love is blind but the neighbours aint
Dont teach your grandmother to suck eggs
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
Draw a line under
Draw Not Your Bow Till the Arrow is Fixed
Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage
Due to the presence of fools, wise people stand out
Dump husband in September, you have to get rid of the spiders
Early to bed and early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy and wise
Easy come, easy go
Easy peasy
Eat well, stay fit, die anyway
Empty sacks will never stand upright
Enough is as good as a feast
Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief
Every Ass Loves to Hear Himself Bray
Every bird loves to hear himself sing
Every body wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every Cook Praises His Own Broth
Every cross has its inscriptions
Every devil has not a cloven hoof
Every dog has his day
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard
Every flow hath its ebb
Every little helps
Every man has his price
Every picture tells a story
Every Soldier has the Baton of a Field Marshal in his Knapsack
Every step of life is a risk
Everyday is a fresh slate
Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet
Everything comes to him who waits
Everything must have a beginning
Everything under the sun
Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding
Experience is a great servant
Experience is a wonderful thing It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again
Experience is better bought than taught
Experience is the best teacher
Face to face
Facts are stubborn things
Faint heart never won fair lady
Fair exchange is no robbery
Fair without , false within
Faith will move mountains
Fall seven times, stand up eight
Falling star
Familiarity breeds contempt
Fate leads the willing but drives the stubborn
Fear lends wings
Feed a cold starve a fever
Fight fire with fire
Fight truth decay, read the bible
Finders keepers, losers weepers
Fine feathers make fine birds
Fine words butter no parsnips
First come, first served
First Impressions are the Most Lasting
First in the queue
First things first
Fish and guests smell in three days
Fish are no respectors of human boredom, so why go angling
Flies Come to Feasts Unasked
Flies never visit an egg that has no crack
Fogiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the foot that crushed it
Folly grows without watering
Fools and madmen speak the truth
Fools build houses, and wise men live in them
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Fools seldom differ
Football is a game of two halves
For better, for worse
For instance
For sale
Forbidden fruits create many jams
Forewarned is forearmed
Forgive and forget
Fortune favours the brave
Four poster bed
Four things drive a man out of his house: too much smoke, a dripping roof, filthy air and a scolding wife
Friends are made by many acts - and lost by only one
Friendship is like money,easier made than kept
From clogs to clogs in only three generations
From the sweetest wine the tartest vinegar
Fruit out of season, sorrow out of reason
Full of hope
Genius is an Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains
Gentle is that gentle does
Get up and go
Gie yer tongue mair holidays nor yer heid
Give a clown a finger and he will take your hand
Give and spend and God will send
Give credit where credit is due
Give Neither Counsel Nor Salt till You Are Asked For It
Gluttony kills more than the sword
Go along for the ride
Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers
God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself
God gives every bird its food, but does not always drop it into the nest
God help the poor, for the rich can help themselves
God helps those who help themselves
God is alive and well and working on something less ambitious
God is Always on the Side of the Big Battalions
God made the country and man made the town!
Golden dishes will never turn black
Good and quickly seldom meet
Good broth may be made in an old pot
Good fences make good neighbours!
Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget
Good looking
Good people are scarce
Good talk saves the food
Goodness is better than beauty
Grease is the only cure for a hangover
Great minds think alike
Great minds think alike, simple minds cant think of anything different
Great oaks from little acorns grow
Greedy folks have long arms
Grow your own dope - plant a man!
Growing pains
Gut No Fish Till You Get Them
Half a loaf is better than no bread
Handsome is as handsome does
Happiness is not a state of mind, but a manner of travelling
Happiness is wanting what you have - not having what you want
Happy is the bride the sun shines on
Hard work never did anyone any harm
Haste makes waste
Hasty climbers have sudden falls
Hate is like cancer slowly eating us away inside
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs
Have you ever noticed? anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac
He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes
He is an ill companion that has a good memory
He is at Ease Who Has Enough
He Is Rich Enough That Wants Nothing
He knows best what good is that has endured evil
He Lives Long Who Lives Well
He That Brings Good News Knocks Hard
He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing
He that plants a tree plants for posterity
He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill!
He That Teaches Himself has a Fool for his Master
He That Will Not Be Counselled Cannot Be Helped
He travels fastest who travels alone
He who awaits much receives little
He who comes with a story to you will bring two away from you
He who dares wins
He who does not honour his wife dishonours himself
He who drinks Australian Thinks Australian
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day
He who flies high is a short step from a big fall
He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son
He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin
He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup
He who hesitates is lost
He who is ABSENT is always in the Wrong
He Who Keeps Company with the Wolf Will Learn How to Howl
He who knows better has never tried it
He who laughs last laughs longest
He who laughs last, thinks the slowest!
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword
He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing
He who pays the piper calls the tune
He who plays with fire will get burnt
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount
He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon
He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate, he who loves finds the gates open
He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty
Head for cover
Head over heels
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
History repeats itself
Hole in one
Home is where the heart is
Home is where you hang your hat
Home sweet home
Honesty is the best policy
Hope springs eternal
Hunger is the best sauce
I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet
I pointed out to you the stars and all you saw was the tip of my finger
Idle people lack no excuses
If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame
If anything can go wrong, it will
If Fortune calls, offer him a seat
If in doubt, mumble
If life deals you lemons make lemonade
If the Blind Lead the Blind, Both Shall Fall Into the Ditch
If the cap fits, wear it
If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars
If there were no lossers there could be no winners
If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride
If you are planning for a year - sow rice, if you are planning for a decade - sow trees, if you are planning for a lifetime - educate people
If you believe everything you read, you better not read
If you educate a man you educate an individual but if you educate a woman you educate a family
If you get a good wife you will be happy, if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher
If you get it overnight, you can lose it just as quick
If you lie down with dogs you will come up with fleas
If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree
If you wish to be loved, love
If you would enjoy the fruit, pluck not the flower
Ignorance is bliss
Ill-gotten gains never prosper
Imagination is the highest kite you can fly
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
In a battle between elephants, the ants get squashed
In April,a youg mans thoughts turn to fancy!
In black and white
In for a penny, in for a pound
In the coldest flint there is hot fire
In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has
In the land of hope there is never any winter
In the Land of the Blind the One Eyed Man is King
In vino veritas
Inverted comma
Is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice
It is a long lane that has no turning
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait
It is better to love and lost than never to love at all
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
It is better to wear out than to rust out
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission
It is foolish to deal with a fool
It is good to be knowledgeable, but better to be lovable
It is good to have company in misery
It is in vain to cast your net where there is no fish
It is never too late to be what you might have been
It is possible to give without loving but it is impossible to love without giving
It is what is in the mind when sober, that comes out of the mouth when drunk
It never rains but it pours
It takes all sorts to make a world
It takes one bad apple to spoil the barrel!
It takes one day to destroy a house but to build a new one will take months, perhaps years
It takes one to know one
It takes two to make a quarrel
It takes two to tango
It will all come out in the wash
It will all come right in the wash
It's the thought that counts
Its a dogs life
Its a wise child that knows its own father
Its only rock n roll but I like it
Its too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
Jack of all trades, master of none
Judge not that you be not judged
Just between you and me
Keep your chin up
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer
Keep your powder dry
Kill not the goose that lays the golden egg
Kill two birds with one stone
Kiss and make up
Kiss and tell
Know which side your bread is buttered
Knowing is not enough; We must Apply Willing is not enough; We must Do
Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone
Laughter is the best medicine
Laughter is the closest distance between two people
Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth
Lean liberty is better than fat slavery
Lear from the past, Live for today Look for tomorrow, take a nap this afternoon
Learn to say no It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere
Least said soonest mended
Lend your money and lose your friend
Let bygones be bygones
Let sleeping dogs lie
Let the buyer beware
Life after death
Life begins at forty
Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved
Life is beautiful
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is like a box of chocolates, sometimes hard, sometimes soft
Life is like a drawing pin - sharp at one end, and flat at the other
Life is like a good book, the more you get into it the more it makes sense
Life is like a horse race there are winners and losers
Life is not all beer and skittles
Life is one long catwalk
Lightning never strikes twice
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked man ruling over a helpless people
Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of gifts he does not give
Like father, like son
Like flogging a dead horse