English Proverbs and Sayings

Alphabetical lists of proverbs and sayings - list M

Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
- Manage to produce something good using poor material.
Man is the head of the family and woman is the neck that turns the head.
- Men's actions are guided by their wives.
Man proposes, God disposes.
- Our destiny depends on God's will.
(A) man can die but once.
- If death comes now, you will not have to experience it later.
(A) man is as old as he feels himself to be.
- Your age doesn't matter as long as you are fit and healthy.
(A) man is judged by his deeds, not by his words.
- A person is judged on what he/she actually does, not on what they say they will do.
(A) man is known by the company he keeps.
- A person's character is judged by the type of people with whom they spend their time.
Manners make the man.
- A person's manners reveal their origins.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
- Even if something is said as a joke it can still be true.
Many hands make light work.
- Sharing work makes the task easier.
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.
- The weather at the beginning of March is stormy and at the end is mild.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
- The storms and rain in March and April produce flowers in the month of May.

Mark, learn and inwardly digest.
- Note and reflect upon something in order to thoroughly assimilate it.
Marry in haste, repent as leisure.
- If you get married too quickly, you may spend your whole life regretting it.
Memory is the treasure of the mind.
- A good memory is very precious.
Men make houses, women make homes.
- Women give a house its comfort and character.
Might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb.
- If the penalty is going to be same, you might as well commit the greater offence.
Misery loves company
- When people are sad they often like others to feel sad too.
Money begets money.
- If you have money you can make more money.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
- You should not waste money because it is not plentiful or obtained easily.
Monkey see, monkey do
- Foolish people copy others.
(A) monkey in silk is a monkey no less.
- No matter how someone dresses, it's the same person underneath.
(The) more haste, the less speed.
- A person makes more progress if they take time to do things carefully.
(The) more you have, the more you want.
- People have a constant desire to possess more.
(The) mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
- If you depend on just one thing, and it fails, you have no alternatives.

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