Saturday, October 28, 2023

100 English Proverbs

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Let's learn some Important English Proverbs.

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Action speak louder than words.

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.


The bird in hand is what two in the bush.


Drowning man catches at a straw.


A friend in need is a friend indeed.


A penny saved is a penny gained.


Rolling Stone gathers no moss.


A stitch  in time saves nine.


A word is enough for the wise.


All is fair in love and war.


All is well that ends well.


All that glitters is not gold.


All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.


An apple a day keeps the doctor away.


An empty vessel makes much noise.


Barking dogs seldom bite.


Beggars cannot be choosers.


Better late than never.


Birds of feather flock together.


Blood is thicker than water.


Bones for latecomers.


Charity begins at home.


Contentment is happiness.


Cut your coat according to your cloth .


Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.


Don't cross a bridge until you

come to it.


Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.


Every cloud has a silver lining.


Every dog has its day.


Every house has its skeleton.


Example is better than precept.


Experience is the best teacher.


Familiarity breeds contempt.


First Come First served.


Fortune favours the Brave.


God helps those who helps themselves.


Half loaf is better than none.


Health is wealth.


Honesty is the best policy.


It is never too late to mend.


It is no use crying over spilt milk.


It never rain but it pours.


It takes two  to make a quarrel.


Laugh and grow fat.


Listen to people but obey your conscience.


Little things please little minds.


Look before you leap.


Make hey while the sun shines.


Man proposes  God disposes.


Many hands make light work.


Might is right.


Money bigets money.


Money makes the mare go.


More haste less speed.


Necessity is the mother of invention.


No pains no gains.


No rose without thorn.

 

No smoke without fire.


One good turn deserves another.


One swallow does not make a summer.


Out of site out of mind.


Out of the frying pan, into the fire.


Penny wise pound foolish.


Practice makes but perfect.


Prevention is better than cure.


Reap as you sow.


Rome was not built in a day.


Set a t hief to catch a thief.


Slow and steady wins the race.


Spare the rod and spoil the child.


Strike while the iron is hot.


The child is father of the man.


The wearer knows where the shoe pinches.


Tit for tat.


To err is human.


Too many cooks spoil the broth.


Truth will be out.


Two hands are better than one.


Union is strength.


When the cats away the mice will play.



 


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