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Those phrases are called American adages or 'saws' or truism, or...
Here are some to get you started:

An apple a day keeps the doctor a day
The grass is greener on the other side of the fence
Good fences make good neighbors
Still waters run deep
He who hesitates is lost
Haste makes waste
Two heads are better than one
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
Ignorance is bliss
The best things in life are free
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Out of site out of mind
Opposites attract
Here today gone tomorrow
Boys will be boys
Blondes have more fun
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
Don't change horses in mid stream
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
Time flies when you're having fun
Strike while the iron is hot
Discretion is the better part of valor
Birds of a feather flock together
Look before you leap
Beauty is only skin deep
Don't cry over spilled milk
Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Spare the rod and spoil the child
A watched pot never boils
Necessity is the mother of invention
All that glitters is not gold.
Where there's smoke, there's fire.
Beggars can't be choosers
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Charity begins at home.
Dead men tell no tales.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Every cloud has a silver lining
It's always darkest before the dawn
Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A closed mouth catches no flies.
A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.
One swallow does not a summer made.
Beginner's luck
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
Where there is smoke, there will be fire.
When the student is ready, a teacher will appear
Those persons who love roses will have patience with their thorns.
He deserve Paradise who makes his companions laugh.
What a man laughs at reveals his character.
Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.
The best sense of humour belongs to the one who can laugh at himself.
The worst men oft give the best advice
Experience is the best teacher
Experience is a dear teacher and some will have no other
People who think before they speak will often never say a word
Bring joy to others and you'll find it yourself.
When an old person dies, a library is lost.
You have only failed when you fail to try.
Fear of failure is more harmful than failure itself.
Believe in yourself and you will not fail
Be careful what you wish for, it may come true
Hell hath no fury like that of a woman scorned.
What we ardently wish, we believe.
We boil at different degrees

One other that my father used to use, that I particularly love:
"even a broken clock is right twice a day, if it doesn't do anything but hang on the wall."

2007-10-16 08:07:49 · answer #1 · answered by dmontesmom2 4 · 1 0

There's so many...I was more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Butt whoopings were a dime a dozen in my house, and the old man had a pocket full of 'em. Slower than molasses in January. oh the list goes on!

2007-10-16 14:51:00 · answer #2 · answered by byrnechas 2 · 0 0

You can't get blood from a turnip.
You'll always get what you'll put up with.
In for a penny, in for a pound
Sue a beggar, get a louse.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Once a cheater, always a cheater
If you lay with the dogs, you get fleas.

2007-10-16 18:14:24 · answer #3 · answered by tlbrown42000 6 · 0 0

The one I like best is from Groucho Marx, "You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float on his back, you've got something."

2007-10-16 16:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by open4one 7 · 0 0

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