ProverbPedia

Scottish Proverb:
He is John Thomsones man, coutching carle.
English Translation:
[Of effeminate/henpecked persons] He is John Thomson's man (ruled by his wife), a cowering fellow.

Scottish Proverb:
It is tint that is done to childe and auld men.
English Translation:
Favors done for young children and old men are soon forgotten (lost).

Scottish Proverb:
If ye may spend meikle, put the more to the fire.
English Translation:
If you can afford to spend much, put all the more on the fire.

Scottish Proverb:
All is not in hand that helps.
English Translation:
Not everything that helps is already in hand.

Scottish Proverb:
A greedie man God hates.
English Translation:
God hates a greedy man.

Scottish Proverb:
All the corne in the countrey, is not shorne by kempers.
English Translation:
All the grain in the country is not reaped by competing champions.

Scottish Proverb:
As the sow fils, the draffe soures.
English Translation:
As the sow gets full, the mash (draff) tastes sour.

Scottish Proverb:
A mirk mirrour is a mans minde.
English Translation:
A man's mind is a dark (obscure) mirror.

Scottish Proverb:
A man hath no more good then he hath good of.
English Translation:
A man has no more wealth than what he gets benefit from.

Scottish Proverb:
An hyred horse tyred never.
English Translation:
A hired horse never gets tired.

Scottish Proverb:
A foole will not give his bable for the tower of Lun.
English Translation:
A fool will not trade his bauble for the Tower of London.

Scottish Proverb:
All is well that ends well.
English Translation:
All is well that ends well.

Scottish Proverb:
An inch of a nage is worth the span of an aver.
English Translation:
An inch of a riding pony (nag) is worth a span of an old workhorse.

Scottish Proverb:
Better give nor take.
English Translation:
Better to give than to take.

Scottish Proverb:
Ilk man mend ane, and all will be mendit.
English Translation:
Let each man reform one person (himself), and all will be reformed.

Scottish Proverb:
Better playes a full wombe, nor a new coat.
English Translation:
A full belly plays more happily than a new coat.

Scottish Proverb:
Better hold out nor put out.
English Translation:
Better to keep someone out than to have to throw them out.

Scottish Proverb:
It is na mair pittie to see a woman greit, nor to see a goose go bair fit.
English Translation:
It is no more pity to see a woman weep than to see a goose walk barefoot.