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Proverbs
• | People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 8 |
• | The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. 7 |
• | Fortune favours the brave. 7 |
• | Revenge is sweet. 7 |
• | Fish and guests smell after three days. 6 |
• | A golden key can open any door. 6 |
• | Don't bite the hand that feeds you. 6 |
• | When the cat's away, the mice will play. 6 |
• | A man is known by his friends. 5 |
• | There’s a first time for everything. 5 |
• | Do not bite the hand that feeds you. 5 |
• | The liar is not believed even when he tells the truth. 5 |
• | An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 4 |
• | Attack is the best form of defence. 4 |
• | Children and fools tell the truth. 4 |
• | Good fences make good neighbours. 4 |
• | Revenge is a dish best served cold. 4 |
• | Men will only throw stones at trees that are laden with fruit. 4 |
• | Barking dogs seldom bite. 4 |
• | Nobody is perfect. 4 |
• | Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. 4 |
• | Don’t saw off the branch you are sitting on. 4 |
• | Sleep is the best doctor. 4 |
• | Things may get worse before they get better. 4 |
• | He who laughs last, laughs best. 4 |
• | The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. 4 |
• | Don't count your chickens before they hatch. 4 |
• | Better wear out shoes than sheets. 3 |
• | The exception which proves the rule. 3 |
• | Eyes are the mirror of the soul. 3 |
• | Rome wasn't built in a day. 3 |
• | Shrouds have no pockets. 3 |
• | The end justifies the means. 3 |
• | One swallow does not make a summer. 3 |
• | Who chases two hares at the same time, does not catch any. 3 |
• | Rats desert a sinking ship. 3 |
• | Walls have ears. 3 |
• | The habit doesn't make the monk. 3 |
• | No one sees the hump on his own back. 3 |
• | The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. 3 |
• | Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. 3 |
• | Better late than never. 3 |
• | Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 3 |
• | You reap what you sow. 3 |
• | To kill two birds with one stone. 3 |
• | Children are poor men's riches. 3 |
• | Silence is golden. 2 |
• | The customer is always right. 2 |
• | Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. 2 |
• | Fish always stink from the head down. 2 |
• | Set a thief to catch a thief. 2 |
• | As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it. 2 |
• | The cheapest is always the most expensive. 2 |
• | He who laughs last, laughs the longest. 2 |
• | Don't put the cart before the horse. 2 |
• | Do not play with fire. 2 |
• | Strike while the iron is hot. 2 |
• | Give the devil his due. 2 |
• | Don't change horses in midstream. 2 |
• | In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king. 2 |
• | Love, smoke and cough are hard to hide. 2 |