A boy's love is water in a sieve.... >>
Seven is company, and nine confusion. (Alluding to a dinner party.)... >>
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.... >>
It is in putting it into the oven that the loaf is made crooked.... >>
Every fool is pleased with his bauble.... >>
He who waits for a dead man's shoes is in danger of going ba... (French) >>
A sin concealed is half pardoned (meaning when care is taken... (French) >>
A mother-in-law is what you inherit when you marry.... (English) >>
The owl is the kind of the night.... (English) >>
A man may lead a horse to water, but cannot make him drink.... (English) >>