English Proverbs

Commonly-used proverbs beginning with the letters 'W'

LIST 'W'

from: 'walls have ears' to: 'worry often gives ...'

Walls have ears.
- Be careful. People could be listening.
Waste not, want not.
- If you never waste anything, you will have is when you need it.
(A) watched pot never boils.
- If you wait anxiously for something to happen, it seems to take a long time.
(The) way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
- Feed a man well and he will love you.
We are what we eat.
- What we eat has a direct impact on our lives and overall well-being.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.
- If a person doesn't know about something, it cannot hurt them.

What a man says drunk, he thinks sober.
- People speak more freely under the influence of alcohol.
What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.
- People are less discreet under the influence of alcohol.
What's done is done
- You cannot change something that has already happened.
When the cat's away, the mice play.
- People sometimes misbehave when the person in authority, is absent.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
- You should adopt the customs of the people or country you are visiting and behave in the same way.
When poverty comes in the door, love goes out the window.
- When a couple loses everything, their relationship becomes difficult.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
- When faced with a difficult or dangerous situation, strong people take action.
Where there's life there's hope.
- As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for recovery.
Where there's a will there's a way.
- If you are determined to do something, you will find a way to do it.
Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves.
- Possible interpretation: an easily influenced person can be mislead.
(A) wise head keeps a still tongue
- An intelligent person knows when to stay silent.
Wisdom is better than strength.
- It is preferable to use one's intelligence than one's physical strength.
(The) wish is father to the thought.
- You think that something is true because you want it to be so.
Without effort no harvest will be abundant.
- Nothing is achieved without hard work.
(Two) wrongs don't make a right.
- It is wrong to harm someone because they have harmed you.
(A) wonder lasts but nine days
- The effects of an amazing or stirring event last only nine days; after that, life goes on as before.
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow
- We often worry unnecessarily about small things. The more we worry, the more important they appear.

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Commonly-used proverbs beginning with the letters 'W' LIST 'W'

from: 'walls have ears' to: 'worry often gives ...'

Commonly-used proverbs beginning with the letters 'W'

LIST 'W'