SIMPLE TALKS - ENGLISH PROVERBZ MAKKALE !!

 

1. A stitch in time saves nine

2. An apple a day keeps the doctor away

3. The early bird catches the worm

4. Actions speak louder than words

5. Curiosity killed the cat

6. A bad workman always blames his tools

7. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

8. A penny saved is a penny earned

9. All that glitters is not gold

10. Better late than never

11. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

12. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

13. Rome wasn’t built in a day

14. When in Rome, do as the Romans do

15. The pen is mightier than the sword

16. Every cloud has a silver lining

17. Honesty is the best policy

18. Practice makes perfect

19. Time and tide wait for no man

20. Too many cooks spoil the broth

21. A rolling stone gathers no moss

22. Look before you leap

23. Necessity is the mother of invention

24. No pain, no gain

25. The squeaky wheel gets the grease

26. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

27. Don’t cry over spilt milk

28. Don’t judge a book by its cover

29. Fortune favors the bold

30. God helps those who help themselves

31. Haste makes waste

32. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

33. If you can’t beat them, join them

34. It takes two to tango

35. Jack of all trades, master of none

36. Knowledge is power

37. Laughter is the best medicine

38. Let sleeping dogs lie

39. Lightning never strikes twice

40. Money doesn’t grow on trees

41. Necessity knows no law

42. No news is good news

43. Old habits die hard

44. Opportunity knocks but once

45. Out of sight, out of mind

46. Practice what you preach

47. Prevention is better than cure

48. Silence is golden

49. Slow and steady wins the race

50. Strike while the iron is hot

51. The grass is always greener on the other side

52. The proof of the pudding is in the eating

53. There’s no place like home

54. There’s no smoke without fire

55. To err is human

56. Two heads are better than one

57. Variety is the spice of life

58. What goes around comes around

59. Where there’s a will, there’s a way

60. You can’t have your cake and eat it too

61. You can’t make an omelets without breaking eggs

62. You reap what you sow

63. Absence makes the heart grow fonder

64. All good things must come to an end

65. All is fair in love and war

66. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

67. Beggars can’t be choosers

68. Birds of a feather flock together

69. Cleanliness is next to godliness

70. Clothes make the man

71. Don’t count your blessings too soon

72. Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today

73. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise

74. Empty vessels make the most noise

75. Familiarity breeds contempt

76. First come, first served

77. Give credit where credit is due

78. Great minds think alike

79. He who laughs last laughs best

80. History repeats itself

81. If the shoe fits, wear it

82. Ignorance is bliss

83. It’s better to be safe than sorry

84. It’s the thought that counts

85. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

86. Knowledge is wealth

87. Let bygones be bygones

88. Life is not a bed of roses

89. Love is blind

90. Make hay while the sun shines

91. Man proposes, God disposes

92. Many hands make light work

93. Might is right

94. No man is an island

95. Nothing ventured, nothing gained

96. Once bitten, twice shy

97. One good turn deserves another

98. One man’s meat is another man’s poison

99. Opportunity seldom knocks twice

100. Patience is a virtue

101. Penny wise, pound foolish

102. Practice makes a man perfect

103. Rome was not built in a day

104. Still waters run deep

105. The best things in life are free

106. The devil is in the details

107. The end justifies the means

108. The more, the merrier

109. The road to hell is paved with good intentions

110. The squeaky wheel gets the oil

111. There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip

112. To each his own

113. Too much of anything is bad

114. Truth is stranger than fiction

115. Two wrongs don’t make a right

116. United we stand, divided we fall

117. Waste not, want not

118. What is done cannot be undone

119. What you see is what you get

120. When the going gets tough, the tough get going

121. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire

122. You can’t judge a book by its cover

123. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

124. Youth is wasted on the young

125. Actions have consequences

126. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

127. Better safe than sorry

128. Don’t bite off more than you can chew

129. Don’t burn your bridges

130. Don’t put the cart before the horse

131. Every dog has its day

132. Every rose has its thorn

133. Good things come to those who wait

134. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

135. It never rains but it pours

136. It takes a village to raise a child

137. Money is the root of all evil

138. Necessity is the mother of discovery

139. No use crying over spilled milk

140. Old is gold

141. One swallow does not make a summer

142. Out of the frying pan into the fire

143. Practice makes improvement

144. Prevention is better than treatment

145. The darkest hour is just before dawn

146. The early bird gets the worm

147. The pen is stronger than the sword

148. The proof is in the pudding

149. There’s no such thing as a free lunch

150. Time heals all wounds

151. Time is money

152. To kill two birds with one stone

153. Tomorrow never comes

154. Too little, too late

155. Truth will out

156. Two sides of the same coin

157. What’s done is done

158. When it rains, it pours

159. Where there’s life, there’s hope

160. You can’t please everyone

161. You can’t win them all

162. A fool and his money are soon parted

163. A friend in need is a friend indeed

164. A house divided cannot stand

165. A leopard cannot change its spots

166. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing

167. A watched pot never boils

168. All roads lead to Rome

169. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t

170. Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes

171. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

172. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill

173. Don’t put all your hopes in one basket

174. Every little helps

175. Fortune favors fools

176. He who hesitates is lost

177. If you lie down with dogs, you’ll get up with fleas

178. It’s always darkest before the dawn

179. Keep your powder dry

180. Let the cat out of the bag

181. Lightning strikes but once

182. Little strokes fell great oaks

183. Look before you leap

184. Money talks

185. No guts, no glory

186. No rest for the wicked

187. Nothing lasts forever

188. Old soldiers never die

189. One step at a time

190. Out of sight, out of mind

191. Slow but steady wins the race

192. The bigger they are, the harder they fall

193. The customer is always right

194. The grass is greener on the other side

195. The proof lies in the pudding

196. There’s no time like the present

197. To err is human, to forgive divine

198. What goes up must come down

199. You can’t have it both ways

200. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

201. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

202. A fool may give a wise man counsel

203. A hungry man is an angry man

204. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

205. A little of what you fancy does you good

206. A man is known by the company he keeps

207. A miss is as good as a mile

208. A new broom sweeps clean

209. A picture paints a thousand words

210. A watched pot never boils

211. A woman’s work is never done

212. All good things come to those who wait

213. All is well that ends well

214. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

215. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

216. Any port in a storm

217. Appearances can be deceptive

218. As you sow, so shall you reap

219. Barking dogs seldom bite

220. Beauty is only skin deep

221. Better an open enemy than a false friend

222. Better to be poor and honest than rich and dishonest

223. Birds sing after a storm

224. Blood is thicker than water

225. Boys will be boys

226. Call a spade a spade

227. Charity begins at home

228. Children should be seen and not heard

229. Clothes don’t make the man

230. Cold hands, warm heart

231. Common sense is not so common

232. Crime doesn’t pay

233. Cross that bridge when you come to it

234. Cut your coat according to your cloth

235. Dead men tell no tales

236. Diamond cuts diamond

237. Discretion is the better part of valor

238. Distance lends enchantment to the view

239. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

240. Don’t bite off more than you can chew

241. Don’t burn the candle at both ends

242. Don’t burn your bridges behind you

243. Don’t cast pearls before swine

244. Don’t change horses in midstream

245. Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it

246. Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim

247. Don’t keep all your eggs in one basket

248. Don’t let the cat out of the bag

249. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill

250. Don’t put the cart before the horse

251. Don’t shut the stable door after the horse has bolted

252. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

253. Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

254. Early to bed, early to rise

255. Easy come, easy go

256. Empty barrels make the most noise

257. Every dog has his day

258. Every little bit helps

259. Every man has his price

260. Every picture tells a story

261. Every rose has its thorn

262. Experience is the best teacher

263. Failure teaches success

264. Familiarity breeds contempt

265. Fine feathers make fine birds

266. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

267. Forewarned is forearmed

268. Fortune favors the brave

269. Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself

270. Give the devil his due

271. God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb

272. Good fences make good neighbors

273. Great oaks from little acorns grow

274. Half a loaf is better than none

275. Handsome is as handsome does

276. Hard work never killed anyone

277. Haste makes waste

278. He who pays the piper calls the tune

279. He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon

280. He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

281. Health is wealth

282. History repeats itself

283. Home is where the heart is

284. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

285. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again

286. If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain

287. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

288. Ignorance of the law is no excuse

289. It never rains but it pours

290. It takes all sorts to make a world

291. It takes one to know one

292. It’s better to give than to receive

293. It’s never too late to mend

294. Jack Sprat could eat no fat

295. Keep something for a rainy day

296. Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone

297. Learn to walk before you run

298. Let not the sun go down on your wrath

299. Let sleeping dogs lie

300. Life begins at forty

301. Life is what you make it

302. Lightning never strikes the same place twice

303. Little by little and bit by bit

304. Little knowledge is a dangerous thing

305. Live and let live

306. Look before you leap

307. Love conquers all

308. Love makes the world go round

309. Make hay while the sun shines

310. Man does not live by bread alone

311. Many a true word is spoken in jest

312. Many hands make light work

313. Money doesn’t grow on trees

314. Money talks

315. More haste, less speed

316. Necessity is the mother of invention

317. Never judge a book by its cover

318. Never look a gift horse in the mouth

319. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today

320. No man is an island

321. No news is good news

322. Nothing succeeds like success

323. Nothing ventured, nothing gained

324. Old habits die hard

325. Once bitten, twice shy

326. One good turn deserves another

327. One man’s meat is another man’s poison

328. Opportunity knocks but once

329. Out of sight, out of mind

330. Patience is a virtue

331. Penny wise, pound foolish

332. Possession is nine‑tenths of the law

333. Prevention is better than cure

334. Pride goes before a fall

335. Procrastination is the thief of time

336. Put your best foot forward

337. Rome wasn’t built in a day

338. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

339. Slow but steady wins the race

340. Spare the rod and spoil the child

341. Still waters run deep

342. Strike while the iron is hot

343. The bigger they are, the harder they fall

344. The darkest hour is just before the dawn

345. The devil finds work for idle hands

346. The end justifies the means

347. The exception proves the rule

348. The grass is always greener on the other side

349. The proof of the pudding is in the eating

350. The squeaky wheel gets the grease

351. There’s many a slip ’twixt the cup and the lip

352. There’s no place like home

353. There’s no smoke without fire

354. Time and tide wait for no man

355. Time flies

356. Time is money

357. To err is human, to forgive divine

358. Too many cooks spoil the broth

359. Truth is stranger than fiction

360. Two heads are better than one

361. Two wrongs don’t make a right

362. Variety is the spice of life

363. Waste not, want not

364. What goes around comes around

365. What you sow, so shall you reap

366. When the cat’s away, the mice will play

367. When the going gets tough, the tough get going

368. Where there’s a will, there’s a way

369. While there’s life, there’s hope

370. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink

371. You can’t have your cake and eat it too

372. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

373. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

374. You can’t win them all

375. Youth is wasted on the young

376. A fool and his money are soon parted

377. A friend in need is a friend indeed

378. A leopard cannot change its spots

379. A little bird told me

380. A man after my own heart

381. A penny for your thoughts

382. A place for everything and everything in its place

383. A rolling stone gathers no moss

384. A storm in a teacup

385. A thing of beauty is a joy forever

386. A trouble shared is a trouble halved

387. A wolf in sheep’s clothing

388. All’s fair in love and war

389. All’s well that ends well

390. An idle brain is the devil’s workshop

391. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

392. As clear as mud

393. As good as gold

394. As old as the hills

395. As right as rain

396. As sure as eggs is eggs

397. As you make your bed, so you must lie in it

398. Ask no questions and hear no lies

399. At the drop of a hat

400. Attack is the best form of defense