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Proverbs MEANINGS

A bad workman A person who blames something else

blames his tools for something he has not done
properly himself

Absence makes the To miss someone when the person is

heart grow fonder no longer near.
A bird in the hand is Something one already has is better
worth two in the bush. than something one is not sure of
getting.
A friend in need is a A friend who helps when one is in
friend indeed trouble is a real friend.
A rolling stone gathers A person who often changes his job or
no moss never settle in one place will not
succeed in life
An apple a day keeps Eating an apple a day is good for
the doctor away health.

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Barking dogs seldom People who make loud threats seldom

bite carry them out.
Better late than never Although delayed, it is still better to
do something than not to do it at all

Birds of a feather flock People who are similar in character or

together have the same interest get together

Blood is thicker than The ties relationship are very strong.

water

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Charity begins at home A person’s first duty is to the member

of his family.
Cut your coat Live within your income.
according to your cloth

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Don’t carry all your Don’t risk everything you have in one
eggs in one basket venture.
Dead men tell no tales A person who is no longer alive will
not be able to reveal what he knows

Don’t count your Don’t be too hopeful of your chances

chickens before they of success
are hatched
Don’t judge a book by You cannot judge a person or thing
it’s cover by his / its outwards appearance.

Don’t make a mountain Don’t exaggerate a small thing into

out of a molehill something big

Don’t wash dirty linen Do not reveal a person’s family

in Public secrets to others

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God helps those who We have to make an effort if we want

help themselves to succed in something

Great minds think alike Two people having the same idea or
opinion
Great oaks from little Great inventions begin from small
acorns grow ideas or dreams
Great talkers are little Those who talk a lot seldom do what
doers they say

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Habit is second nature When we make a habit of doing

something, it becomes part of our
character
Half a loaf is better It is better to have at least something
than no bread than nothing at all
He laughs best who A person who does his best gets the
laughs last greater satisfaction in the end.

He who hesitates is lost A person who can’t act decisively will

fail.
His bark is worse than Refers to a person who is bad-
his bite tempered, but not dangerous
His bread is buttered One who has everything in his favour.
on both sides

Honesty is the best One should always be honest

policy
Hunger is the best When we are hungry, any food is
sauce tasty.
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If the cap fits, put it on
Imitation is the
sincerest form of
flattery
It never rains but it
pours
It’s never too late to
mend
It’s nouse crying over
spilt milk
It takes two to make a
quarrel
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MEANINGS
Telling someone to accept the
comment made about him.
If you follow someone’s example, it
means that you admire him.
Problems do not come singly but they
seem to come together
It is never too late to correct one’s
mistakes
It’s useless regretting a mistake that
cannot be corrected
When a quarrel starts, both sides must
take to blame
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Jack of all trades but A person who knows a little of

master of none everything but is not an expert in
anything.

PROVERBS MEANINGS

Kill two birds with one Achieve two objectives by doing only
stone one thing.
Knowledge is power The more a person knows, the greater
is his power.

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Let bygones be Forgive and forget the past

bygones
Let not the pot call the One who sees the fault in others but
kettle black does not realise that he has the same
fault
Let sleeping dogs lie Avoid discussing unpleasant matters
that are over.
Listeners hear no good One who overdrops on people’s
of themselves conversations won’t hear anything
good about himself.
Look before you leap Always be sure before you do
something.

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Make hay while the Make use of the opportunity when it is

sun shines there.
Marry in haste, repent Do something in a hurry but later
at leisure regret it
Many hands make light Work is easier when there are more
works people to do it.
More haste, less speed The more you hurry, the less you
progress

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Nescessity is the When one is great need of something,

mother of invention he will find a way to make it

Never do things by Don’t do a thing incompletely

halves
Never put off till Do not procrastinate or postpone
tomorrow what can be doing things
done today
New brooms sweep A person newly appointed to a post
clean usually starts off by being very hard-
working.
No news is good news When there is no news about
something, it is likely that everything
is all right
No smoke without fire People will not talk of something it is
is not true
Nothing ventured, If you don’t try, you will not succeed.
nothing gained
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Once bitten twice shy One a person has been tricked or hurt,
he will always be extra careful

One good turn deserves Any help or good deed should always
another be repaid
One man’s meat is Not all people like the same things
another man’s poison

One swallow does not You cannot judge a person or thing by

make a summer one point alone

Opportunity knocks but A good opportunity comes once in a

once lifetime
Out of sight, out of We may forget people whom we do
mind not see often
Out of the frying pan From one bad situation to anoter that
into the fire is worse

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Practice makes perfect The more often we do a thing, the

better we become at it
Prevention is better It is better to prevent something from
than cure happening than to let it happen and
then try to solve it

Pride goes before a fall A person’s pride will often cause him
to fall into disgrace

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Rome was not built in Great things take a long time to

a day achieve
Robbing Peter to pay Taking from one person to pay
Paul another

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Set a thief to catch a A criminal is the best person to catch

thief another criminal
Slow and steady win If one does a thing slowly and
the race carefully, one will definitely succeed

Spare the rod and spoil If a child is not punished when he

the child does wrong, he will up spoilt
Still waters run deep Refers to a person who does not
display his feelings or ideas openly

Strike while the iron is Make use of a good opportunity

hot

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Take the bull by its To face a situation bravely

horns
The early bird catches A person who is early gets what he
the worm wants
The grass is always Another person’s situation always
greener on the other look better although it may not
side necessarily be so

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