English Proverbs (5)

Life is just a bowl of cherriesLife is full of happiness and pleasure.
Like a bull in a china shopA clumsy or tactless person.
Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
Once a mistake has been made or an error committed, it's too late to take precautions to prevent it from happening.
The longest day must have an endAll difficult jobs or situations also have an end.
Losers weepers, finders keepersIf someone loses something, he weeps -- but if someone finds it, he keeps it.
Love me, love my dog
If we want a person's friendship we must accept him totally, faults and all.
Many hands make light workMany people sharing a job or tasks make easier work of it.
The mountain labors and brings forth a mouseTo work hard and long on a project that turns out to be pretty useless.
Opportunity only knocks onceSeize an opportunity when it occurs for it may never happen again.
An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cureIt is even better to be cautious and prevent a misfortune or an accident from happening.
Possession is nine points of the law
In disputes over property ownership, the person in possession of something is sometimes said to have nine-tenths a chance of winning it in a legal argument.
Promises are like pie crustMost promises cannot be kept.
Put a quart into a pint pot
Doing something that's impossible.

The rain falls on the just and the unjust alikeNo matter how good or bad a person, he must still face the everyday problems that confront us all.

The sins of the fathers will be visited upon the childrenPeople will be punished for the wrongs committed by their parents, forefathers, or those who have preceded them.Someone's bark is worse than his bitePeople sometimes bark but in time we learn they're not always as frightening as they seem.The spirit is willing but the flesh is weakTo do something unworthy just because it gives you the pleasure.A stitch in time saves nineBy taking immediate action we can prevent a fault, damage or trouble from getting worse.

A straw will show which way the wind blowsA small incident can reveal an important event.

Teach an old dog new tricks
It is impossible to change someone's ways or habits, especially if he is old and resists change.

That's where the shoe pinchesThat's the source or cause of a problem or an annoyance.

There are none so blind as those that will not seePeople ,who never admit they might be wrong, refuse to listen to the opinions or ideas of anyone.

There are none so deaf as those who will not hearPeople sometimes hear only what they want to hear.

There's more than one way to skin a catThere is more than one way of getting a job done.

The thin end of the wedgeThat something can appear to be small and of no particular importance - yet it can turn out to be the beginning of a major problem.

A thing of beauty is a joy foreverIt means that though something beautiful may not last, the happy memory of it will live forever.Time heals old woundsThe passing of time helps us to forget things that have caused us pain or made us unhappy.

The truth will out
Truth about something will eventually be discovered or made known.

Turn up like a bad pennySomething or someone disliked just won't go away.

Two wrongs do not make a rightIf a person does something to harm or offend us, that's wrong. If we do something to harm them back, that's wrong too.

Uneasy is the head that wears the crown
Notable or important people are often concerned about losing their positions.

Waste not, want notIf we're careful and waste nothing we'll never go without things we need.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomachMost men love to eat so feed your husband well and he will always love you.

Wear out one's welcome
One is no longer welcome, usually because he has become a nuisance.When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the windowAs soon as a happily married couple begin having financial problems and the bills pile up their love will disappear.

Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howlIf we associate with bad companions we, too, will become bad.

You pays your money and you takes your chancesA humorous way of saying that we sometimes must trust in luck when buying something.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them
If you are rich and successful, you will attract many friends, but if you should suffer hardship or have misfortune ( adversity ), your friends will quickly depart.