ProverbPedia

Scottish Proverb:
Evening ortes is good morning fodder.
English Translation:
Evening leftovers make good morning fodder.

Scottish Proverb:
Little troubles the eye, but far lesse the soul.
English Translation:
A tiny speck troubles the eye, and even less troubles the soul.

Scottish Proverb:
Maisterie mawes the meadows down.
English Translation:
Superior force (mastery) mows the meadows down.

Scottish Proverb:
Mends is worth misdeeds.
English Translation:
Amends (compensation) is worth the misdeed.

Scottish Proverb:
Nothing enters in a close hand.
English Translation:
Nothing enters into a closed fist.

Scottish Proverb:
Na pennie, na pardon.
English Translation:
No penny, no papal pardon.

Scottish Proverb:
Of ane ill, comes many.
English Translation:
From one evil come many.

Scottish Proverb:
Put not your hand betwixt the rind and the tree.
English Translation:
Do not put your hand between the bark and the tree (do not meddle between close kin).

Scottish Proverb:
Quhen I am dead, make me caddell.
English Translation:
When I am dead, make me caudle (warm spiced gruel—too late to help).

Scottish Proverb:
Quhair the pig breaks, let the shells ly.
English Translation:
Where the earthen pot (pig) breaks, let the shards lie.

Scottish Proverb:
Soothe bourd is na bourd.
English Translation:
A true jest is no jest at all.

Scottish Proverb:
Efter delay comes a lette.
English Translation:
After delay comes an obstacle (hindrance).