Proverbs and old sayings, page 1164

43575 proverbs and old sayings

A postponement till morning A postponement for ever.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

There is no pain greater than the pain of rejection.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about pain

The windy day is not a day for scallops [thatching].

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about day

A story without an author is not worth listening to.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

You didn't turn up when sense was being distributed.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about common sense, sense, being, contentment

What is the world to a man when his wife is a widow.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wife, world, man

Everyone is nice until the cow gets into the garden.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about garden

A swan would die with pride only for its black feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about proudness, magic, death

Put a coward to his metal an' he'll fight the de'il.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fight

Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Beauty is only skin deep, ugliness goes to the bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about ugliness, beauty

Don't go to law with the devil in the court of hell.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about hell, law, devil

The cat is always dignified, until the dog comes by.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The fox never found a better messenger than himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Quiet people are well able to look after themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about quiet, people

Woe to the man that entrusts his secrets to a ditch.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

A soft dropping April brings milk to cows and sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

If you meet a red-haired woman, you'll meet a crowd.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman, contentment

Poor men take to the sea, the rich to the mountains.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wealth, man

Neither gives cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about advice