AMERICAN PROVERBS

A dog is a man's best friend
A good dog deserves a good bone
A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal.
A man's home is his castle
A mill cannot grind with water that is past.
A miss is as good as a mile
A Monday morning quarterback
A politician is an animal who can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground
A stitch in time, saves nine
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Actions speak louder than words
After a rich man gets rich, his next ambition is to get richer.
All is fair in love and golf.
All's fair in love and war.
Always count the cost.
Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.
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Bad news travels fast
Before borrowing money from a friend decide which you need most.
Beggars can never be bankrupt.
Better to be safe than sorry.
Business before pleasure
Crap or get off the pot
Cut your losses and let your profits run.
Don't change horses while crossing a stream.
Don't close the barn door after the horse runs away
Don't cry over spilled milk
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
Don't give up the ship
Don't hide your light under a bushel
Don't judge a book by its cover
Don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen
Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.
Don't upset the apple cart
Don't whiz on the electric fence
Easy come, easy go
Eat, drink, and be merry. For tomorrow we die.
Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked
Every dog is allowed one bite
Feed a cold; starve a fever
Fooled once shame on you, fooled twice shame on me.
For want of a nail the kingdom was lost
From little acorns mighty oaks do grow
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
He who hesitates is lost
Here today, gone tomorrow
Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it
Hope springs eternal in the human breast
I am just as good as you are, and a damned sight better
I'd rather be dead than red
If men could see the epitaphs their friends write they would believe they had gotten into the wrong grave.
If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride
If you can't lick 'em, join 'em
If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be part of someone else's
If you want anything done, give it to the busy man
If your time ain't come not even a doctor can kill you.
Ignorance is bliss
In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, oh, the cheating that goes on.
In politics a man must learn to rise above principle
It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten foot jumps
It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday
It isn't over until the fat lady sings
It never rains, but it pours
It takes a thief to catch a thief
It takes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on the job
It takes two to tango
It's never over till it's over
It's never too late to mend your ways
Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot.
Leave well enough alone
Let sleeping dogs lie
Let the big dog eat
Little pitchers have big ears
Live and learn
Loose lips sink ships
Love makes the world go 'round.
Love many, trust few and always paddle your own canoe
Make love, not war
Make yourself a good man, then you can be certain there is at least one less skunk in the world
Maternity is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion.
Men apt to promise are apt to forget.
Mind your p's and q's
Never say die
Never swap horses crossing a stream
No good Indian but a dead Indian
No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.
Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the least hypocritical.
Once bitten, twice shy
Opportunities, like eggs, come one at a time
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Poets are born, not made
Practice what you preach
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
Seeing is believing
Silence is golden
Silence is golden; speech is silver
Smith and Wesson or a Colt always beat four aces.
Some will, some don't, so what!
Step on a crack; break your mother's back
Take the bitter with the sweet
The bad gardener quarrels with his rake
The bad workman blames his tools
The best of friends must part
The best things in life are free.
The bigger they come the harder they fall
The burnt child fears the fire
The cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn't get along without them.
The chickens have come home to roost
The cobbler should stick to it's last
The game is not worth the candle
The love of evil is the root of all money.
The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have
The one who pays the piper calls the tune
The only thing a heated argument ever produced is coolness
The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.
The pen is mightier than the sword
The show must go on
The wicked work harder to preach hell than the righteous do to get to heaven.
The wish is the father of the deed
The worm turns
There are plenty of fish in the sea
There are three kinds of people; those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and those who don't know what's happening.
There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.
There's no place like home
Those who sleep with dogs gets up with fleas.
Time heals, all wounds
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Truth will out
Turnabout is fair play
Two's company, three's a crowd
Variety is the spice of life
What a story these old walls could tell
What is an expert? Someone who is twenty miles from home.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander
When it rains, it pours
When pleasure interferes with business, give up business
Where there's smoke, there's fire
Wishes won't wash dishes
You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
You cannot have all chiefs; you gotta have Indians too.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole
You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too
You can't make a silk purse from a sows ear
You can't steal second base with your foot on first.
You can't unscramble an egg
You don't put robbers to work in a bank
You made your bed, now lie in it
You must not enthrone ignorance just because there is much of it.
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream
You're never too old to learn