English Proverbs and Sayings
Alphabetical lists of proverbs - list A5
List A, page 5 : from: "all in good time" to: "ask me no questions"
- All in good time.
- Be patient. Things will happen when the time is right.
- Be patient. Things will happen when the time is right.
- All is fair in love and war.
- Things that are done in love or war can often be excused.
- Things that are done in love or war can often be excused.
- All's well that ends well.
- There is a solution to everything even if there are doubts.
- There is a solution to everything even if there are doubts.
- All roads lead to Rome
- There are many different ways to reach an objective.
- There are many different ways to reach an objective.
- All things grow with time - except grief.
- As time goes by, grief subsides little by little.
- As time goes by, grief subsides little by little.
- All things are difficult before they are easy.
- With practice everything becomes easier.
- With practice everything becomes easier.
- All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
- Everybody needs a certain amount of relaxation. It is not good to work all the time.
- Everybody needs a certain amount of relaxation. It is not good to work all the time.
- An ant may well destroy a whole dam.
- A small problem can sometimes cause a lot of harm.
- A small problem can sometimes cause a lot of harm.
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
- Eating an apple every day can help to keep you healthy.
Other interpretation: A small preventive treatment wards off serious problems.
- Eating an apple every day can help to keep you healthy.
- An empty purse frightens away friends.
- When one's financial situation deteriorates, friends tend to disappear.
- When one's financial situation deteriorates, friends tend to disappear.
- An Englishman's home is his castle
- An Englishman's home is a place where he feels safe, enjoys privacy and can do as he wishes.
- An Englishman's home is a place where he feels safe, enjoys privacy and can do as he wishes.
- An idle brain is the devil's workshop
- When you are busy working, you avoid temptation.
- When you are busy working, you avoid temptation.
- An old fox is not easily snared.
- A person of experience is difficult to fool or manipulate.
- A person of experience is difficult to fool or manipulate.
- An onion a day keeps everyone away.
- A humoristic version of "an apple a day..."
- A humoristic version of "an apple a day..."
- An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit.
- It is better to be cautious and discreet than to try to be funny.
- It is better to be cautious and discreet than to try to be funny.
- An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
- It is easier to prevent something from happening than to repair the damage or cure the disease later.
- It is easier to prevent something from happening than to repair the damage or cure the disease later.
- Anger is the one thing made better by delay.
- When you are angry, it is best not to speak or act immediately.
- When you are angry, it is best not to speak or act immediately.
- Another day, another dollar.
- A job may be hard or tedious but at least there is some financial reward.
- A job may be hard or tedious but at least there is some financial reward.
- Any time means no time.
- If the date of an event remains vague, it will never happen.
- If the date of an event remains vague, it will never happen.
- (The) apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
- Children resemble their parents.
- Children resemble their parents.
- April showers bring May flowers.
- Something bad or unpleasant today may bring good things in the future.
- Something bad or unpleasant today may bring good things in the future.
- As you sow, so shall you reap.
- You have to accept the consequences of your actions.
- You have to accept the consequences of your actions.
- Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
- There are subjects one would rather not discuss.
- There are subjects one would rather not discuss.
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