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A
sửa- a bad workman always blames his tools.
- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- absence makes the heart grow fonder.
- a cat may look at the king.
- a chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
- a creaking gate hangs long.
- actions speak louder than words.
- a day late and a dollar short.
- a fool and his money are soon parted.
- a fox smells its own lair first.
- a friend in need is a friend indeed.
- after dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
- age before beauty.
- a good beginning makes a good ending.
- a good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
- a jack of all trades is master of none.
- a lie has no legs.
- a lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.
- a little learning is a dangerous thing.
- all flowers are not in one garland.
- all good things must come to an end.
- all good things come in pairs.
- all roads lead to Rome.
- all's fair in love and war.
- all's well that ends well.
- all that glisters is not gold / all that glitters is not gold
- all things come to him who waits.
- all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
- a merry heart makes a long life.
- a miss is as good as a mile.
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
- an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
- an idle man's mind is devil's workshop.
- an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
- a penny saved is a penny earned.
- a person is known by the company he keeps.
- April showers bring May flowers.
- a rolling stone gathers no moss.
- ask and you shall receive.
- ask me no questions; I'll tell you no lies.
- ask no questions and hear no lies.
- a sound mind in a sound body.
- a stitch in time saves nine.
- as right as ninepence.
- as you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
- as you sow, so shall you reap.
- a watched pot will not boil.
- a woman's work is never done.
- a word to the wise is enough.
- a word to the wise is sufficient.
- a word spoken is past recalling.
B
sửa- barking dogs seldom bite.
- beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
- beauty is only skin deep.
- beggars can't be choosers.
- better late than never.
- better safe than sorry.
- better the devil you know than the devil that you don't know.
- birds of a feather flock together.
- bitter pills may have blessed effects.
- blood is thicker than water.
- blood will out.
- boys will be boys.
- brain is better than brawn.
- bread is the staff of life.
- butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night.
- behind evey wealthy man is a woman, with nothing to wear.
C
sửaD
sửa- desperate diseases must have desperate cures.
- desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.
- desperate times call for desperate measures.
- different sores must have different salves.
- diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot.
- do as you would be done by.
- do unto others as you would have done to you.
- doctors make the worst patients.
- don't burn your bridges before they're crossed.
- don't burn your bridges behind you.
- don't change horses in midstream.
- don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
- don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
- don't cry over spilt milk.
- don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
- don't have too many irons in the fire.
- don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
- don't put all your eggs in one basket.
- don't put the cart before the horse.
- don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
- don't shut the barn door after the horse is gone.
- don't shut the gate after the horse has bolted.
- don't spit into the wind.
- don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
- doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
E
sửa- early bird gets the worm.
- early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
- eat to live, don't live to eat.
- eat when you're hungry, and drink when you're dry.
- east or West, home is best.
- empty barrels make the most sound.
- even a worm will turn.
- every cloud has a silver lining.
- every disease will have its course.
- every dog has its day.
- every man has a price.
- every rule has an exception.
- everything comes to him who waits.
- every why has a wherefore.
F
sửa- faith will move mountains.
- familiarity breeds contempt.
- fine feathers make fine birds.
- fine words butter no parsnips.
- first come, first served.
- fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
- forbidden fruit is the sweetest.
- forewarned is forearmed.
- fresh pork and new wine kill a man before his time.
- fretting cares make grey hairs.
- friend to all is a friend to none.
G
sửa- give a dog a bad name and hang him.
- give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
- give the devil his due.
- god cures and the physician takes the fee.
- good eating deserves good drinking.
- good fences make good neighbors.
- great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ.
H
sửa- half a loaf is better than none.
- haste makes waste.
- health is better than wealth.
- help a lame dog over a stile.
- he that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon.
- he that will steal an egg will steal an ox.
- he who hesitates is lost.
- he who laughs last laughs best.
- he who laughs last laughs longest.
- he who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
- he who sleeps forgets his hunger.
- hindsight is 20/20.
- history repeats itself.
- home is where the heart is.
- home is where you hang your hat.
- honesty is the best policy.
- hunger is the best spice.
I
sửa- if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
- if a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
- if mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
- if the cap fits, wear it.
- if the shoe fits, wear it.
- if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
- If you are going to eat with the Devil, bring a long spoon.
- if you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
- if you can't beat them, join them.
- if you can't be good, be careful.
- if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
- if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it.
- if you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
- in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
- it's a good horse that never stumbles.
- it never rains, but it pours.
- it's a long lane that has no turning.
- it's an ill wind that blows no good.
- it's an ill wind that blows no one good.
- it's better to give than to receive.
- it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
- It's better to have loved and lost than to have shot and missed.
- it's darkest before dawn.
- it's easy to be wise after the event.
- it's never too late to mend.
- it's not over till it's over.
- it's no use crying over spilt milk.
- it's the early bird that gets the worm.
- it's the empty can that makes the most noise.
- it's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
- it takes all sorts to make a world.
- it takes two to make a quarrel.
- it takes two to tango.
L
sửa- laughter is the best medicine.
- learn to walk before you run.
- let sleeping dogs lie.
- lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
- like cures like.
- little enemies and little wounds must not be despised.
- long absent, soon forgotten.
- long ways, long lies.
- look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
- look before you leap.
- love is blind.
- let the cobbler make the shoes.
M
sửaN
sửa- nature abhors a vacuum.
- nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
- necessity is the mother of invention.
- never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today.
- new brooms sweep clear.
- new broom sweeps clean.
- no cows, no cares.
- no gain without pain.
- no man can serve two masters.
- no news is good news.
- no pain, no gain.
- no time to waste like the present.
- nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- nothing succeeds like success.
O
sửaP
sửa- paddle your own canoe.
- penny wise, pound foolish.
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
- power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- practice makes perfect.
- prevention is better than cure.
- pride goeth before a fall.
- pride comes before a fall.
- procrastination is the thief of time.
- proof of the pudding is in the eating.
- proverbs hunt in pairs.
R
sửaS
sửaT
sửa- talk is cheap.
- talk of the devil - and the devil appears.
- the best things in life are free.
- the coat makes the man.
- the cure is worse than the disease.
- the early bird gets the worm.
- the end justifies the means.
- the first step to health is to know that we are sick.
- the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
- the head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm.
- the more things change, the more they stay the same.
- the pen is mightier than the sword.
- the pot calling the kettle black.
- the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
- there are too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
- there's always a calm before a storm.
- there's light at the end of the tunnel.
- there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
- there's no accounting for taste.
- there's no time like the present.
- there's plenty more fish in the sea.
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
- the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
- the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
- the wish is father to the thought.
- think before you speak.
- those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
- time flies (tempus fugit).
- time is money.
- to err is human; to forgive, divine.
- tomorrow is another day.
- too many cooks spoil the broth.
- truth is stranger than fiction.
- two heads are better than one.
- two's company, three's a crowd.
- two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife.
U
sửaV
sửaW
sửa- waste not, want not.
- we all make mistakes.
- we must take the bad with the good.
- what goes around, comes around.
- what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
- when in Rome do as the Romans do
- when the cat's away the mice will play.
- when the going gets tough, the tough get going.
- when you're up to your neck in alligators, it can be difficult to remember that the original goal was to drain the swamp.
- where one door shuts, another opens.
- where there's a will there's a way.
- while there's life, there's hope.
- who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl.
- wide ears and short tongue are the best.
- wilful waste makes woeful want.
- without sleep, no health.
Y
sửa- you can lead (take) a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
- you can't have it both ways.
- you can't have your cake and eat it too.
- you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
- you can't make chicken soup out of chicken poop.
- you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- you can't tell a book by its cover.
- you have to be cruel to be kind.
- you have to crawl before you can walk.
- you have to walk before you can run.
- you never know what you've got till it's gone.
- you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.