ProverbPedia

Scottish Proverb:
As sair fights wranes as cranes.
English Translation:
Wrens fight as fiercely as cranes.

Scottish Proverb:
An ill willy kow should have short hornes.
English Translation:
An ill-natured (vicious) cow should have short horns.

Scottish Proverb:
Auld sinne new shame.
English Translation:
Old sin brings new shame.

Scottish Proverb:
A beltlesse bairn cannot lie.
English Translation:
An unbelted (young) child cannot tell a lie.

Scottish Proverb:
A man may see his friend need, but he will not see him bleed.
English Translation:
A man may let his friend be in need, but he will not let him bleed (perish).

Scottish Proverb:
Bodin geir stinkes.
English Translation:
Proffered (forced) goods stink.

Scottish Proverb:
If a man knew what wald be dear, he wald be but merchant for a year.
English Translation:
If a man knew beforehand what goods would become expensive, he would only need to be a merchant for one year.

Scottish Proverb:
Better be well loved nor ill won geir.
English Translation:
To be well loved is better than ill-gotten wealth.

Scottish Proverb:
Better bow nor break.
English Translation:
Better to bend than to break.

Scottish Proverb:
It is a bair moore that he goes over and gets not a cow.
English Translation:
It is a very bare moor that he crosses without getting at least a twig of heather (cow).

Scottish Proverb:
I have a sliddrie eill by the tail.
English Translation:
I hold a slippery eel by the tail.

Scottish Proverb:
It that God will give, the devil can not reave.
English Translation:
What God wills to give, the devil cannot take away (rob).