Proverbs and old sayings, page 1174

43575 proverbs and old sayings

She would drink the cream and say the cat she had was an old rogue.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about drinking, old, olderness

Good luck comes in slender currents, misfortune in a rolling tides.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about good luck, bad luck, good

Don't bother the beggar's son and the beggar's son won't bother you.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about contentment

If two neighbors want to fight, they will find a quarrel in a straw.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fight

There are three creatures beyond ruling - a mule, a pig and a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman

The road to Heaven is well signposted, but it is badly lit at night.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about night

A man who holds good cards would never say if they were dealt wrong.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bad, good, good luck, man

Better the certainty of the straddle than the mere loan of a saddle.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

'So near and yet so far, ' said the man when the bird lit on his gun.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

Those who play the game do not see it as clearly as those who watch.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about games

No matter who comes off well, the peacemaker is sure to come off ill.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

It's as hard to see a woman crying as it is to see a barefooted duck.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman

The horse with the most scars is the one that highest kicks his rear.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

May you have a bright future -- as the chimney sweep said to his son.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about future, contentment

Youth sheds many a skin. The steed does not retain its speed forever.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about speed, youth

There'll be white blackbirds before an unwilling woman ties the knot.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman

Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody sneezing over the snuff box.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A man is often a bad adviser to himself and a good adviser to another.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bad luck, bad, good, good luck, man

Don't talk about a rope in the house of someone whose father was hung.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about home, house

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about sleep, good, good luck