PROVERBS about English language for all year of students

proverbs

1. khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

2. Proverbs MEANINGS
A bad workman
blames his tools
A person who blames
something else for something
he has not done properly
himself
Absence makes the
heart grow fonder
To miss someone when the
person is no longer near.
A bird in the hand
is worth two in the
bush.
Something one already has is
better than something one is
not sure of getting.
A friend in need is
a friend indeed
A friend who helps when one is
in trouble is a real friend.
A rolling stone
gathers no moss
A person who often changes his
job or never settle in one place
will not succeed in life
An apple a day
keeps the doctor
away
Eating an apple a day is good
for health.
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

3. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Barking dogs
seldom bite
People who make loud threats
seldom carry them out.
Better late than
never
Although delayed, it is still
better to do something than
not to do it at all
Birds of a feather
flock together
People who are similar in
character or have the same
interest get together
Blood is thicker
than water
The ties relationship are very
strong.
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

4. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Charity begins at
home
A person’s first duty is to the
member of his family.
Cut your coat
according to your
cloth
Live within your income.
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

5. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Don’t carry all your
eggs in one basket
Don’t risk everything you have
in one venture.
Dead men tell no
tales
A person who is no longer alive
will not be able to reveal what
he knows
Don’t count your
chickens before
they are hatched
Don’t be too hopeful of your
chances of success
Don’t judge a book
by it’s cover
You cannot judge a person or
thing by his / its outwards
appearance.
Don’t make a
mountain out of a
molehill
Don’t exaggerate a small thing
into something big
Don’t wash dirty
linen in Public
Do not reveal a person’s family
secrets to others
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

6. PROVERBS MEANINGS
God helps those
who help
themselves
We have to make an effort if we
want to succed in something
Great minds think
alike
Two people having the same
idea or opinion
Great oaks from
little acorns grow
Great inventions begin from
small ideas or dreams
Great talkers are
little doers
Those who talk a lot seldom do
what they say
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

7. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Habit is second
nature
When we make a habit of doing
something, it becomes part of
our character
Half a loaf is better
than no bread
It is better to have at least
something than nothing at all
He laughs best who
laughs last
A person who does his best
gets the greater satisfaction in
the end.
He who hesitates is
lost
A person who can’t act
decisively will fail.
His bark is worse
than his bite
Refers to a person who is bad-
tempered, but not dangerous
His bread is
buttered on both
sides
One who has everything in his
favour.
Honesty is the best
policy
One should always be honest
Hunger is the best
sauce
When we are hungry, any food
is tasty.
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

8. PROVERBS MEANINGS
If the cap fits, put
it on
Telling someone to accept the
comment made about him.
Imitation is the
sincerest form of
flattery
If you follow someone’s
example, it means that you
admire him.
It never rains but it
pours
Problems do not come singly
but they seem to come together
It’s never too late
to mend
It is never too late to correct
one’s mistakes
It’s nouse crying
over spilt milk
It’s useless regretting a mistake
that cannot be corrected
It takes two to
make a quarrel
When a quarrel starts, both
sides must take to blame
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

9. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Jack of all trades
but master of none
A person who knows a little of
everything but is not an expert
in anything.
PROVERBS MEANINGS
Kill two birds with
one stone
Achieve two objectives by doing
only one thing.
Knowledge is
power
The more a person knows, the
greater is his power.
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

10. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Let bygones be
bygones
Forgive and forget the past
Let not the pot call
the kettle black
One who sees the fault in
others but does not realise that
he has the same fault
Let sleeping dogs
lie
Avoid discussing unpleasant
matters that are over.
Listeners hear no
good of themselves
One who overdrops on people’s
conversations won’t hear
anything good about himself.
Look before you
leap
Always be sure before you do
something.
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

11. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Make hay while the
sun shines
Make use of the opportunity
when it is there.
Marry in haste,
repent at leisure
Do something in a hurry but
later regret it
Many hands make
light works
Work is easier when there are
more people to do it.
More haste, less
speed
The more you hurry, the less
you progress
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

12. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Nescessity is the
mother of
invention
When one is great need of
something, he will find a way to
make it
Never do things by
halves
Don’t do a thing incompletely
Never put off till
tomorrow what can
be done today
Do not procrastinate or
postpone doing things
New brooms sweep
clean
A person newly appointed to a
post usually starts off by being
very hard-working.
No news is good
news
When there is no news about
something, it is likely that
everything is all right
No smoke without
fire
People will not talk of
something it is is not true
Nothing ventured,
nothing gained
If you don’t try, you will not
succeed.
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

13. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Once bitten twice
shy
One a person has been tricked
or hurt, he will always be extra
careful
One good turn
deserves another
Any help or good deed should
always be repaid
One man’s meat is
another man’s
poison
Not all people like the same
things
One swallow does
not make a
summer
You cannot judge a person or
thing by one point alone
Opportunity
knocks but once
A good opportunity comes once
in a lifetime
Out of sight, out of
mind
We may forget people whom we
do not see often
Out of the frying
pan into the fire
From one bad situation to
anoter that is worse
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

14. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Practice makes
perfect
The more often we do a thing,
the better we become at it
Prevention is better
than cure
It is better to prevent
something from happening
than to let it happen and then
try to solve it
Pride goes before a
fall
A person’s pride will often
cause him to fall into disgrace
PROVERBS MEANINGS
Rome was not built
in a day
Great things take a long time to
achieve
Robbing Peter to
pay Paul
Taking from one person to pay
another
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

15. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Set a thief to catch
a thief
A criminal is the best person to
catch another criminal
Slow and steady
win the race
If one does a thing slowly and
carefully, one will definitely
succeed
Spare the rod and
spoil the child
If a child is not punished when
he does wrong, he will up spoilt
Still waters run
deep
Refers to a person who does
not display his feelings or ideas
openly
Strike while the
iron is hot
Make use of a good opportunity
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016

16. PROVERBS MEANINGS
Take the bull by its
horns
To face a situation bravely
The early bird
catches the worm
A person who is early gets what
he wants
The grass is always
greener on the
other side
Another person’s situation
always look better although it
may not necessarily be so
khaidarwisy@SKKT2016