Hi,

We have dicussed about proverbs in our english lesson on thursday evening.
Nancy, our teacher, ask us for getting some till our next lesson
Do you have some typical american proverbs for me?

Thanks in advance

Jens

 

Don't count your chickens until they're hatched.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

All that glitters isn't gold.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly is to the bone.

Nothing is certain except death and taxes.

You drive for show and putt for dough. (golf)

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

 

Everybody is somebodies weirdo

No Matter how cute she is somebody is sick of her

C-4 The next option (usmc saying)

Night fell and the day broke

 

He who farts in church sits in pew

 

MAN WHO GO TO BED WITH ITCHY BUTT, WAKE UP WITH SMELLY FINGER!

 

"Beauty is only skin deep but ugly goes clear to the bone."

 

"A bush in the hand...no wait!

 

he who go to be with sex problem often wake with solution in hand.

Stop it.

 

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards

He that marries for money will earn it

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed

Necessity never made a good bargain

Opportunities, like eggs, come one at a time

There's no fun in physics, but a good deal of physics in fun

To be a public man is slavery

Wishes won't wash dishes

You cannot unscramble eggs

You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince

Good weight and measure, are heaven's treasure

After all is said and done, more is said than done

The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.

If your time ain't come not even a doctor can kill you.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water

Caution is not cowardly. Carelessness is not courage

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children

Having children makes one no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.

If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents.

That's it for now, let me know if you want more...............

 

Two wrongs don't make a right.

NO

But 3 Lefts DO....

 

Wow !!

wanna thank all of you. It seems to be a looooong lesson next Thursday

Jens

 

No Ticky, No Shirty........... Sorry couldn't resist

Otherwise there is the old Standby....

Opionions are like *********s, Everybody has one.....

 

How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door you're on.

The stupidity of one's actions are directly proportional to the number of people watching.

Do something right, no one remembers. Do something wrong, no one forgets.

There is never time to do it right, but there is always time to do it over.

 

Experience is the best teacher, as long as it is someone elses experience you learn from.

Most of the rest I know are vulgar

 

You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think