ProverbPedia

Scottish Proverb:
It is hard to fling at the brod, or kick at the prick.
English Translation:
It is hard to kick against the goad (pricks).

Scottish Proverb:
It is good sleeping in a heal skin.
English Translation:
It is good sleeping in a whole (unwounded) skin.

Scottish Proverb:
It is a good goose that drops ay.
English Translation:
It is a good roasting goose that drips fat continually.

Scottish Proverb:
Black will be no other hew.
English Translation:
Black will take no other dye (hue).

Scottish Proverb:
I wald I had as meikle pepper as he compts himself worthy myse dirt.
English Translation:
I wish I had as much pepper as he thinks himself worth in mouse dirt.

Scottish Proverb:
I have seen as light green.
English Translation:
I have seen just as bright a green fade away.

Scottish Proverb:
Come not to the counsel uncalled.
English Translation:
Do not come to the council (meeting) uninvited.

Scottish Proverb:
Kindnesse lyes not ay in ane syde of the house.
English Translation:
Kindness cannot always stay on one side of the house only (must be reciprocated).

Scottish Proverb:
Drive out the inch as thou hast done the span.
English Translation:
Finish off the last inch just as you have done the full span.

Scottish Proverb:
Dead at the one dore, and hership at the other.
English Translation:
Death at one door, and plunder (ruin) at the other.

Scottish Proverb:
Little waits an ill hussie what a dinner holds in.
English Translation:
Little does a careless housewife know how much a well-planned dinner saves.

Scottish Proverb:
Meat and cloath makes the man.
English Translation:
Food and clothing make the man.