Proverbs By Language

"The nail that sticks up will be hammered down. (Whatling, 2009) From the Japanese, "deru kugi wa utareru.""

"For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost."

"Where there's muck there's brass."

"Much is expected where much is given. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1095)"

"Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open."

"Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. (Strauss, 1994 p. 568)"

"Don't make a mountain out of a molehill."

"The more things change, the more they stay the same."

"The more the merrier. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1094)"

"More haste, less speed. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1095)"

"Time is money."

"Put your money where your mouth is."

"Money talks."

"Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. (Aphra Behn)"

"Money makes the mare go."

"Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. (Francis Bacon)"

"Money is a good servant, but a bad master. (17th century)"

"I'm tired of Love: I'm still more tired of Rhyme. But Money gives me pleasure all the time. (Hilaire Belloc)"

"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil."

"The mob has many heads, but no brains. (1732)"

"Don't make the same mistake twice."

"A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile."

"Misfortunes never come singly. (14th century, Citatboken)"

"The best place for criticism is in front of your mirror."

"It's no use crying over spilt milk. (Strauss, 1994 p. 631)"

"The longest mile is the last mile home."

"Out of sight, out of mind. (13th century)"

"Mind your P's and Q's. or British: Mind your manners."

"Mind your own business. (Strauss, 1998 p. 719)"

"Men talk only to conceal the mind. (Strauss 1994, p. 1088)"

"Might is right. (14th century)"

"It's never too late to mend."

"Measure twice, cut once."

"Marry in haste, and repent at leisure."

"A young man married is a young man marred."

"Many things are lost for want of asking."

"Many a mickle makes a muckle."

"Ne'er cast a clout till May be out."

"Wise men learn by other men's harms, fools by their own."

"Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother. (Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)"

"The way to a man's heart is through his stomach."

"Manners maketh the man."

"Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. (Thomas Browne)"

"Good men are hard to find."

"Do a man a good turn and he'll never forgive you."

"A man's worst enemies are often those of his own house. (Strauss, 1994 p. 52)"

"A man's home is his castle."

"A man's folly ought to be his greatest secret."

"Make the best of a bad bargain."

"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't. (William Shakespeare)"