Great Throughts Treasury

"The older the flute, the sweeter the tune."

"The patch always has to be larger than the hole."

"The shame you can't lift away, you had better let lie."

"The straightest road is shortest, but not always easiest."

"The pardon may be more severe than the penalty."

"The table catches."

"The taller the house, the heavier the storm."

"The will be quiet sometime, those who are wild now."

"There is always a train. Not so bad that it isn't good for anything. Good, positive thinking."

"There is hope as long as your fishing line is in the water."

"There are at least two sides to a thing."

"There is much poverty in the world, but many to share it."

"There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians."

"There is a knack to every handicraft."

"There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing."

"There is never a fish without a bone, and no man without faults."

"There is nothing new under the sun."

"There is nothing so bad that it cannot be worse."

"There's no shame in clothing you haven't cut yourself."

"There never was so bad a crow that it did not want a mate."

"Those who want to sing will always find a song."

"This week passed on quickly, the day after tomorrow is already Wednesday, the man said."

"Time is money."

"To be away is well and good, but home is where the heart is."

"To be a hero hang on for a minute longer."

"Those who yawn at the same time, are not on bad terms."

"To be on a berry trip. [Being on the wrong track, ?way off?]"

"To be high on the pear. [To be superior, ?stiff upper lip?]"

"To be on the grape. [To be moderately intoxicated by alcohol]"

"To boil away in the cabbage. [To disappear into platitudes, not get anything of significance]"

"To become a good hook, you should be bent early."

"To be the successor of someone very successful."

"To have it good as the plum in the egg. [To be completely satisfied]"

"To cross the stream to get water. To do unnecessary work."

"To bite in the sour apple. [To take the blame, or to do something you really do not want to]"

"To buy the cat in the bag."

"To get caught on the peach. [To be caught in the act]"

"To get something in a bag and a sack. To get something both ways."

"To piss in your trouser to keep warm. To do something that may help in the short run, but which is disastrous in the long run."

"To rest on one's laurels."

"To rest on the laurels. [To be satisfied with any result]"

"To see the dog by its hair."

"To sense owls in the moss. [Something suspect or danger ahead]"

"To separate the chaff from the wheat. [To distinguish the worthless from the valuable]"

"To steal as a raven. [Kleptomaniac behavior]"

"To step into the salad. [To do something inappropriate, make a fool of yourself]"

"Too audacious is often given a beating."

"To take cabbage on. [To ruin something or someone, make an end to]"

"To walk around the porridge. Equivalent to beating around the bush."

"Too clean has no taste."