As you make your bed, so you must lie in it
Should you make your bad badly, you will probably have an uncomfortable night, for which you will have only yourself to blame. In much the same... Read more →
As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
In olden times a person found guilty of sheep-stealing was sentenced to death because stealing a lamb was as great a crime as stealing a sheep... Read more →
The best fish swim near the bottom
The best fish swim near the bottom and they are therefore the most difficult to catch. Nothing is really worth having if it can be got without... Read more →
The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest
Our neighbour's apples may be no longer and riper than our own, but always appear to be so. Even on our own tree the best apples seem to be... Read more →
Appearances are deceptive
Do not judge a thing by its appearance. As another proverb reminds us, All that glitters is not gold. Why did you believe him? Why he said he... Read more →
Any port in a storm
In times of difficulty or danger any refuge is better than none. What a dirty, dingy, miserable old pub to stay the night in, protested Mrs... Read more →
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
We should not always be working. Unless we can enjoy some form of recreation, we become stale and our work suffers in consequence. I really... Read more →
All things are difficult before they are easy
When first we try to ride a bicycle we are quite sure that we shall never do anything but fall off, but as we go on practicing, the whole thing... Read more →
All that glitters is not gold
Do not judge a thing by its appearance. As another proverb reminds us, Appearances are deceptive. Why did you believe him? Why he said he... Read more →
All roads lead to Rome
Towards the end of the fourteenth century Chaucer wrote in a treatise on the astrolabe, an ancient astronomical instrument, that diverse paths... Read more →