English Proverbs
Commonly-used proverbs beginning with the letters 'M'
LIST 'M'
from: 'make a silk purse ...' to: 'the mouse has but one hole'
- Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
- Manage to produce something good using poor material.
- 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.
- Men's actions are guided by their wives.
- Man proposes, God disposes.
- Our destiny depends on God's will.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Even if something is said as a joke it can still be true.
- Many hands make light work.
- Sharing work makes the task easier.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A good memory is very precious.
- Men make houses, women make homes.
- Women give a house its comfort and character.
- 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.
- If the penalty is going to be same, you might as well commit the greater offence.
- Might is right
- Thoose with the most strength or power think they can do whatever they want.
- Thoose with the most strength or power think they can do whatever they want.
- Misery loves company
- When people are sad they often like others to feel sad too.
- When people are sad they often like others to feel sad too.
- Misfortune tells us where fortune is.
- It's when you encounter a serious problem that you realize that your
previous difficulties were relatively minor.
Also: We don't realize that we are happy until we become unhappy.
- It's when you encounter a serious problem that you realize that your
previous difficulties were relatively minor.
- Money begets money.
- If you have money you can make more 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.
- You should not waste money because it is not plentiful or obtained easily.
- Monkey see, monkey do
- Foolish people copy others.
- Foolish people copy others.
- (A) monkey in silk is a monkey no less.
- No matter how someone dresses, it's the same person underneath.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- If you depend on just one thing, and it fails, you have no alternatives.
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