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Proverbs in English

As in any language, English distils many old wisdoms into proverbs.  Some of these contradict each other but they are always food for thought and this exercise introduces some of the better known ones.

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1. People who live in greenglassthatchedI don't know houses shouldn't throw stones.

2. Don't count your chickensgeeseducksI don't know before they are hatched.

3. A bird in the ovenhandcageI don't know is worth two in the bush.

4. A bad workman always blames his materialsbosstoolsI don't know.

5. Actions speaktalkshoutI don't know louder than words.

6. The brightearlysmartI don't know bird catches the worm.

7. EmptyFullBigI don't know vessels make the most noise.

8. Still run the waters where the seabrookravineI don't know is deep.

9. Birds of a feather nestflyflockI don't know together.

10. Don't look a giftcartbigI don't know horse in the mouth.

11. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is presidentbosskingI don't know.

12. Many a true word is spoken in schoolbedjestI don't know.

13. The last straw breaks the cameldonkeyhorseI don't know 's back.

14. Too many cooks spoil the dinnerbrothmealI don't know.

15. VarietySaltPepperI don't know is the spice of life.

16. Rain before seven, finesunclearI don't know by eleven.