English Phrases With Meanings Pdf
What is a proverb?
A proverb is a short, pithy saying that expresses a traditionally held truth or piece of advice, based on common sense or experience.
Nothing defines a culture as distinctly as its language, and the element of language that best encapsulates a society's values and beliefs is its proverbs.
This graphic shows the words that are used in English proverbs, with the size of each word indicating how often it occurs.
No collection of proverbs in English would be complete without the proverbs collected and published by the Tudor courtier John Heywood.
As so many proverbs offer advice and uplift many of them are religious in origin, here's an additional list of biblical proverbs.
Here's a list of most of the commonly-used proverbs in the English language, with links to the meaning and origin of many of them.
A barking dog never bites
A good beginning makes a good ending
A house is not a home
A man is known by his friends
A new broom sweeps clean
A person is known by the company he keeps
A poor workman always blames his tools
A prophet is not recognized in his own land
A rising tide lifts all boats
A soft answer turneth away wrath
A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly
A time and a place for everything - There's
A trouble shared is a trouble halved
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke
A woman's work is never done
A word to the wise is enough
Accidents will happen (in the best-regulated families).
Actions speak louder than words
After a storm comes a calm
Age of miracles is past - The
Ain't over till the fat lady sings - It
All good things must come to an end
All roads lead to Rome
All the world loves a lover
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
All you need is love
All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds
An army marches on its stomach
An exception to every rule - There's
Always more fish in the sea - There's
An ill wind that blows no one any good - It's
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Another day, another dollar
Appearances can be deceptive
Apple a day keeps the doctor away - An
Apple never falls far from the tree - The
April is the cruellest month
April showers bring forth May flowers
Army marches on its stomach - An
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it
Ask no questions and hear no lies
Attack is the best form of defence
Bad money drives out good
Bad penny always turns up - A
Barking dog never bites - A
Be careful what you wish for
Best defence is a good offence - The
Best is the enemy of the good - The
Best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley - The
Best things in life are free - The
Better safe than sorry
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't
Best to be on the safe side - It's
Better to give than to receive - It's
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt
Better to travel hopefully than to arrive - It's
Big fish eat little fish
Bigger, the better - The
Bigger they are, the harder they fall - The
Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - A
Blue are the hills that are far away
Bottom line is the bottom line - The
Boy is father to the man - The
Boys will be boys
Business before pleasure
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
Carpe diem (Pluck the day; Seize the day)
Cat may look at a king - A
Chain is only as strong as its weakest link - A
Change is as good as a rest - A
Charity covers a multitude of sins
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat
Cheats never prosper
Child is the father of the man - The
Children and fools tell the truth
Christmas comes but once a year
Cleanliness is next to godliness
Clothes maketh the man
Cobbler always wears the worst shoes - The
Cold hands, warm heart
Count your blessings
Course of true love never did run smooth - The
Cowards may die many times before their death
Customer is always right - The
Cut your coat to suit your cloth
Darkest hour is just before the dawn - The
Dead men tell no tales
Devil is in the details - The
Devil looks after his own - The
Devil makes work for idle hands to do - The
Devil take the hindmost - The
Distance lends enchantment to the view
Do as I say, not as I do
A dog is a man's best friend - A
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Don't burn your bridges behind you
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
Don't get mad, get even
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep
Don't let the grass grow under your feet
Don't meet troubles half-way
Don't mix business with pleasure
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Don't put new wine into old bottles
Don't rock the boat
Don't shoot the messenger
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
Don't sweat the small stuff
Don't throw pearls to swine
Don't trust anyone over thirty
Don't try to run before you can walk
Don't try to walk before you can crawl
Don't wash your dirty linen in public
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
Drowning man will clutch at a straw - A
Each to their own
Early bird catches the worm - The
East is east, and west is west
East, west, home's best
Easy come, easy go
Easy to be wise after the event - It's
Empty vessels make the most noise
End justifies the means - The
English are a nation of shopkeepers - The
Englishman's home is his castle - An
Every little helps
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost
Every picture tells a story
Every stick has two ends
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Everything comes to him who waits
Exception which proves the rule - The
Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth - An
Faint heart never won fair lady
Familiarity breeds contempt
Fat is in the fire - The
Feed a cold and starve a fever
Female of the species is more deadly than the male - The
Finders keepers, losers weepers
Fire is a good servant but a bad master
First come, first served
First impressions are the most lasting
First things first
Fish and guests smell after three days
Flattery will get you nowhere
Fool and his money are soon parted - A
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost
Forgive and forget
Fortune favours the brave
Friend in need is a friend indeed - A
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step
Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day...
Give a dog a bad name and hang him
Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
Give credit where credit is due
Go the extra mile
God helps those who help themselves
Goes without saying - It
Golden key can open any door - A
Good beginning makes a good ending - A
Good die young - The
Good man is hard to find - A
Good talk saves the food
Good things come in small packages
Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - The
Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world - The
Handsome is as handsome does
Hard work never did anyone any harm
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing
He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
He who hesitates is lost
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword
He who pays the piper calls the tune
He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon
Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak' all, keep all, gie nowt, and if tha ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty
History repeats itself
Hold with the hare and run with the hounds - You can't
Home is where the heart is
Honour among thieves - There's
Hope springs eternal
Horses for courses
House divided against itself cannot stand - A
House is not a home - A
Husband is always the last to know - The
If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again
If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers
If life deals you lemons, make lemonade
If you build it they will come
If you can't be good, be careful
If you can't beat em, join em
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself
Ignorance is bliss
In for a penny, in for a pound
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king
In the midst of life we are in death
Into every life a little rain must fall
It goes without saying
It takes a thief to catch a thief
It takes all sorts to make a world
It takes one to know one
It takes two to tango
It's best to be on the safe side
It's easy to be wise after the event
It's never too late
It's no use crying over spilt milk
It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
It's the empty can that makes the most noise
It's the singer not the song
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease
Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - A
Judge not, that ye be not judged
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
Labourer is worthy of his hire - The
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone
Laughter is the best medicine
Law is an ass - The
Least said, soonest mended
Leopard cannot change its spots - A
Let the dead bury the dead
Let the punishment fit the crime
Let well alone
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is what you make it
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
Like father, like son
Little knowledge is a dangerous thing - A
Little learning is a dangerous thing - A
Little of what you fancy does you good - A
Little strokes fell great oaks
Little things please little minds
Live and learn
Live and let live
Live for today for tomorrow never comes
Longest journey starts with a single step - The
Love makes the world go round
Love will find a way
Make haste slowly
Make love not war
Man is known by his friends - A
Man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client - A
Manners maketh man
Many a good tune played on an old fiddle - There's
Many a mickle makes a muckle
Many a slip 'twixt cup and lip - There's
Many hands make light work
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers
Marriages are made in heaven
Might is right
Misery loves company
Miss is as good as a mile - A
Moderation in all things
Monday's child is fair of face
Money doesn't grow on trees
Money isn't everything
Money makes the world go round
Money talks
More the merrier - The
More things change, the more they stay the same - The
More ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream - There are
Nature abhors a vacuum
Never go to bed on an argument
Never judge a book by its cover
Never let the sun go down on your anger
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
Never rains but it pours - It
Never speak ill of the dead
Never tell tales out of school
Never too late - It's
New broom sweeps clean - A
Nine tailors make a man
No accounting for tastes - There's
No fool like an old fool - There's
No man can serve two masters
No news is good news
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
No pain, no gain
No place like home - There's
No smoke without fire - There's
No such thing as a free lunch - There's
No such thing as bad publicity - There's
No time like the present - There's
No use crying over spilt milk - It's
No use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted - It's
Nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse - A
None so blind as those who will not see - There's
None so deaf as those who will not hear - There's
Nothing new under the sun
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Oil and water don't mix
Once a thief, always a thief
Once bitten, twice shy
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives
One hand washes the other
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
One law for the rich and another for the poor
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding
Only fools and horses work
Opera ain't over till the fat lady sings - The
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door
Opposites attract
Ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure - An
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil
Patience is a virtue
Pearls of wisdom
Pen is mightier than sword - The
Penny saved is a penny earned - A
Penny wise and pound foolish
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Person is known by the company he keeps - A
Picture paints a thousand words - A
Place for everything and everything in its place - A
Poor workman always blames his tools - A
Possession is nine points of the law
Practice makes perfect
Practice what you preach
Prevention is better than cure
Price of liberty is eternal vigilance - The
Problem shared is a problem halved - A
Proof of the pudding is in the eating - The
Prophet is not recognized in his own land - A
Rain before seven, fine before eleven
Revenge is sweet
Rising tide lifts all boats - A
Road to hell is paved with good intentions - The
Rolling stone gathers no moss - A
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
Seeing is believing
Set a thief to catch a thief
Shoemaker's son always goes barefoot - The
Shrouds have no pockets
Slow but sure
Soft answer turneth away wrath - A
Softly, softly, catchee monkey
Speak as you find
Squeaky wheel gets the grease - The
Still waters run deep
Stitch in time saves nine - A
Stupid is as stupid does
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan
Takes a thief to catch a thief - It
Takes all sorts to make a world - It
Takes one to know one - It
Talk is cheap
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
The age of miracles is past
The best defence is a good offence
The best is the enemy of the good
The best things in life are free
The bigger, the better
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
The bottom line is the bottom line
The boy is father to the man
The child is the father of the man
The Devil looks after his own
The empty can that makes the most noise - It's
The end justifies the means
The good die young
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
The husband is always the last to know
The labourer is worthy of his hire
The more things change, the more they stay the same
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance
The singer not the song - It's
The squeaky wheel that gets the grease - It's
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts
There are none so blind as those, that will not see
There are two sides to every question
There's always more fish in the sea
There's honour among thieves
There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
There's no accounting for tastes
There's no place like home
There's no smoke without fire
There's no time like the present
There's none so blind as those who will not see
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear
There's nowt so queer as folk
There's safety in numbers
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind
Thing of beauty is a joy forever - A
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas
Trouble shared is a trouble halved - A
Time flies
Time is a great healer
Time is money
Time will tell
To the victor go the spoils
Tomorrow never comes
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Two blacks don't make a white
Two is company, but three's a crowd
Two sides to every question - There are
Two wrongs don't make a right
Variety is the spice of life
Virtue is its own reward
Volunteer is worth twenty pressed men - A
Wages of sin is death - The
Walls have ears
Waste not want not
Watched pot never boils - A
Way to a man's heart is through his stomach - The
What can't be cured must be endured
What goes up must come down
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
When the cat's away the mice will play
When the going gets tough, the tough get going
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over
Where there's a will there's a way
While there's life there's hope
Whole is greater than the sum of the parts - The
Whom the Gods love die young
Woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke - A
Woman's place is in the home - A
Woman's work is never done
Wonders will never cease
Word to the wise is enough - A
Work expands so as to fill the time available
Worrying never did anyone any good
You are never too old to learn
You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family
You can have too much of a good thing
You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
You can't make bricks without straw
You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
You can't take it with you [when you die]
You can't judge a book by its cover
You can't win them all
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
You pays your money and you takes your choice
You win some, you lose some
Youth is wasted on the young
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