Points for original and humourous answers
Can you quote two (or more) contrasting proverbs such as:
Too many cooks spoil the broth,
Many hands make light work,
A watched pot never boils,
Too many cooks slicing the salami,
The early bird caches the worm.
There's many a lip 'twixt cup and slip!
Don't cross a bridge 'till you come to it.
Bees have honey in their mouths and a sting in their tails
.............over to you............
2006-09-04 11:14:08 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
So far you have supplied some interesting proverbs. Many new to me. But no one appears to have answered the question! I asked for two (or more) contrasting proverbs such as:
Too many cooks spoil the broth, and many hands make light work (they mean the opposite of each other)
There must be several other examples with so many available saying?
Apologies if I have missed any in those already submitted
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen!
2006-09-04 23:24:17 · update #1
I like these...
That's the pot calling the kettle black!
Hindsight is tuppence a bucket
Do as I say, not as I do.
2006-09-04 23:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by Lorraine R 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink.
A fool and his money are soon parted
too many cooks spoil the broth.
A friend in need is a friend indeed,
A watched kettle never boils
A stitch in time save nine
A chain is no stronger than its link
A mans home is his castle
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
2006-09-04 12:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by Sunseaandair 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy & wise.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Never count your chickens until they hatch.
2006-09-04 13:06:05 · answer #3 · answered by Canadian Ken 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle
A closed mind is a good thing to lose
A cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing!
2006-09-04 20:50:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If a stranger runs up to you in the street and says, Hi my names John...... then walks away.
We have a proverb in the UK ( mostly in the north )
"Nothing as strange as folk"
Folk = people
I also like
"Many a true word spoken in Jest"
2006-09-04 11:34:16 · answer #5 · answered by Pauly 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To quote Stan Laurel
"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"
2006-09-04 11:24:20 · answer #6 · answered by Swampy_Bogtrotter 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the vulture said its waiting, and watching, to see wether the god that created him has finished.
A presumed fool who sleeps in his fathers house is not a fool.
A house fly that has no councelor, shall follow a corpse to its grave.
The chicken that frowns at the cooking pot, is ignoring the knife that killed it.
2006-09-04 13:50:42 · answer #7 · answered by chilling_charlie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try it this way,
"Under the skirt of a lady..." plus whatever proverb.
Like "Under the skirt of a lady, the early bird catches the worm"
How's that?
2006-09-04 12:51:02 · answer #8 · answered by astroboy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Um...
Believe nothing of what you see and only half of what you hear.
I got it straight from the horse's mouth.
2006-09-05 09:31:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no use cryin over spilled milk
the pyramids werent built in a day
2006-09-04 15:25:20 · answer #10 · answered by Zman 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋