ProverbPedia

Scottish Proverb:
Everie man flames the fat sowes arse.
English Translation:
Every man bastes (greases) the fat sow's backside (flatters the rich).

Scottish Proverb:
Faire words brake never bane, foule words breaks many ane.
English Translation:
Fair words never broke a bone, but foul words break many a one.

Scottish Proverb:
Giff gaff makes good friends.
English Translation:
Give and take (mutual exchange) makes good friends.

Scottish Proverb:
He that lippins to bon plowes, his land will ly ley.
English Translation:
He who relies on borrowed plows will have his land lie fallow.

Scottish Proverb:
He that eats while he last, will be the war while he die.
English Translation:
He who eats until he bursts will be the worse for it until he dies.

Scottish Proverb:
He is a sairie begger that may not gae by ane mans doore.
English Translation:
He is a pitiful beggar who cannot pass by one man's door.

Scottish Proverb:
He should have a long shafted spoon that sups kail with the devil.
English Translation:
He should have a long-handled spoon who sups broth (kail) with the devil.

Scottish Proverb:
He plaints early that plaints on his kail.
English Translation:
He complains early in the meal who complains about his broth (first course).

Scottish Proverb:
He that takes all his geir fra himself, and gives to his bairns, it were weill ward to take a mell and knock out his harnes.
English Translation:
He who strips himself of all his property and gives it to his children deserves to have his brains knocked out with a mallet.

Scottish Proverb:
He will not give an inch of his will, for a span of his thrift.
English Translation:
[Of willful persons] He will not yield an inch of his stubborn will for a full span of his prosperity.

Scottish Proverb:
He hes a brasen face.
English Translation:
[Of ill-bred persons] He has a brazen (shameless) face.

Scottish Proverb:
He hes changed his tippet, or his cloak on the other shoulder.
English Translation:
[Of inconstant persons] He has turned his tippet, or shifted his cloak to the other shoulder.

Scottish Proverb:
He makes meikle of his painted sheits.
English Translation:
[Of proud persons] He makes a great show of his painted cloths (sheets).

Scottish Proverb:
He may write to his friends.
English Translation:
[Of drunkards] He is in a fine state to write to his friends.

Scottish Proverb:
It is a soothe bourd that men sees wakin.
English Translation:
It is a true jest that men see while wide awake.

Scottish Proverb:
It is kindlie that the poke sare of the hearine.
English Translation:
It is only natural that the bag smells of the herring.