For my English classes I seek proverbs ?

Question

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

Here are some of my favourite proverbs!

Beauty without grace is like a hook without bait.

Caught between a rock and a hard place
Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
(to be stuck with two choices that are both undesirable)

Out of the frying pan and into the fire
(to go from a bad to a worse situation)

Might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
(if you're going to get into the same amount of trouble, you might as well commit the greater offense)

Six of one, half a dozen of the other
(each choice is really the same thing)

Two sides of the same coin
(two aspects of a situation that are connected by necessity)

In for a penny, in for a pound
(if you're going to make a minor committment you might as well make the entire committment)

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched
(don't start making plans for something until it is a reality, rather than a pleasant speculation)

Don't cross your bridges before you get to them


(don't worry about future problems before you need to)

A stitch in time saves nine
(if you take care of a problem while it's small you won't have a bigger problem to deal with later)
(or, as Dr. Who likes to say: A stitch in time takes up space)

Time and tide wait for no man
(act in a timely fashion because you can't get back lost chances)
(or, once again as Dr. Who likes to say: Time and tide melts the snowman.)

Familiarity breeds contempt but Familiarity breeds!
People living in glass houses should not throw stones

Answer 2

A stitch in time saves nine.
Too many chiefs and not enough indians.
Don't let the baby out with the bath water.
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Two swallows do not make a summer.
Its an ill wind that blows no good.
A borrower not a lender be.
In for a penny in for a pound.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
These are more sayings than proverbs but interesting anyway.

Answer 3

It is not the clothes that makes the man,
It is man who makes the clothes.
Still waters run deep.
Even the mighty Oak bends in the breeze.
The same sun shines on me as it dose on a million heir.
Hair only grows on weak spots.
You can take a horse to water but you cannot make it drink.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Do not look a gift horse in the mouth.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Pride goes before a fall.
A friend in need is a friend in deed.
Don't try to mend whats not broken.
Never cast a clout till May is out.
Red sky at nigh shepherds delight,red sky at morning Shepherd's warning.
Never judge a book by its cover.
He who laughs first laughs last
If you play with fire you will get burned.
Never put the cart before the horse.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you.
Nare a slip betwixt cup and lip.
Beware of strangers bearing gifts.
A stitch in time saves nine.
You never know which side your bread is buttered on.
You cannot make a silk purse out of a pigs ear.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
It isn't the cough that carries you of, it`s the coffin they carry you of in.

Answer 4

Between the devil and the deep sea
Where there's a will there's a way
A friend in need is a friend indeed
First come, first served
A hungry man is an angry man
A penny saved is a penny gained
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Barking dogs seldom bite
Better late than never
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush
Call a spade a spade
Charity begins at home
Dead men tell no lies
Every cloud has a silver lining
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Every dog has its day

Answer 5

There are hundreds of proverbs here - each of them has an explanation - hope this is helpful.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/English_proverbs

Answer 6

Don't dig your grave with your own fork.

To confessor, doctor, and lawyer do not hide the truth.

A friend to all and a friend to none is one and the same.

Silence gives consent.

The liar needs a good memory.

Answer 7

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
dont count your chickens before they are hatched

hmmmmmmm seem to have a feathered friend obsession today lol

Answer 8

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner

Answer 9

Do a google on "proverbs."

Answer 10

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.