proverbes englais

• 1. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
  2. Accidents will happen in the best-regulated familie
  3. Actions speak louder than words
  4. Adam's ale is the best brew
  5. Advice when most needed is least heeded
  6. After a storm comes a calm (Après l'orage vient le calme)
  7. All are not thieves that dogs bark at
  8. All cats are grey in the dark (Tous les chats sont gris dans le noir)
  9. All good things come to an end (Toutes bonnes choses ont une fin )
  10. All's fair in love and war
  11. All's fish that comes to the net
  12. All's well that ends well (Tout est bien qui finit bien)
  13. All lay loads on a willing horse
  14. All roads lead to Rome (Tous les chemins mènent à Rome)
  15. All that glitters is not gold (Tout ce qui brille n'est pas d'or)
  16. All things are difficult before they are easy (Toutes les choses sont difficiles avant d'être faciles)
  17. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
  18. Any port in storm
  19. Appearances are deceptive (Les apparences sont trompeuses)
  20. The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest
  21. Art is long, life is short (L'art est long, la vie est courte)
  22. As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
  23. As you make your bed, so you must lie in it (Comme on fait son lit, on se couche)
  24. As you sow, so shall you reap (Quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire)
  25. Ask no questions and he told no lies (Ne lui demandes rien et il ne ne mentiras point)
  26. Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler
  B [modifier]
  27. Bad news travels fast
  28. A bad penny always come back
  29. A bad shearer never had a good sickle
  30. A bad workman always blames his tools
  31. The bait hides the hook
  32. Barking dogs seldom bite
  33. Be just before you are generous
  34. The beaten road is the safest
  35. Beauty is but skin deep
  36. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
  37. Beggars must not be choosers
  38. The best fish swim near the bottom
  39. Best is cheapest
  40. The best is often the enemy of the good (Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien)
  41. The best of friends must part
  42. Batter an egg today than a hen tomorrow
  43. Better be a fool than a knave
  44. Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave
  45. Better be sure than sorry
  46. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
  47. Better bend the break
  48. Better late than never (Mieux vaut tard que jamais)
  49. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
  50. Better to ask the way than go astray
  51. Between two schools you fall to the ground
  52. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
  53. Birds in their little nests agree
  54. Birds of a feather flock together
  55. The bitter is sometimes bit
  56. Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed
  57. Blood is thicker than water
  58. Books ans friends should be few but good
  59. Boy will be boys(Les hommes seront des hommes)
  60. Bread is the staff of life
  61. Brevity is the soul of wit
  62. The bull must be taken by the horns
  63. A bully is always a coward
  64. Burn not your house to fright the mouse away
  65. A burnt child dreads the fire
  66. Busiest men find the most time
  C [modifier]
  67. Call a spade a spade
  68. Call no man happy till he is dead
  69. Care killed a cat
  70. Cast ne'er a clout till May is out
  71. Cast not the first stone
  72. A cat has nine lives( Un chat a neuf vies)
  73. A cat may look at a king
  74. Catch as catch can
  75. Catch not at the shaddow and lose the substance
  76. Catch your bear before you sell its skin
  77. Caveat emptor
  78. Charity begins at home
  79. Charity covers a multitude of sins
  80. Find the woman
  81. The child is father of the man
  82. Children should be seen and not heard
  83. Christmas comes but once a year
  84. Circumstances alter cases
  85. Cleanliness is next to godliness
  86. Clothes do not make the man(L'habit de fait pas le moine)
  87. Coming events cast their shadows before
  88. Comparisons are odious
  89. Conscience does make cowards of us all
  90. Constant dripping wears away the stone
  91. A constant guest is never welcome
  92. A contented mind is a perpetual feast
  93. The course of true love never did run smooth
  94. Courtesy costs nothing
  95. Cowards die many times before their deaths
  96. The cowl not make the monk
  97. A creaking gate hangs long
  98. Cross the stream where it is shallowest
  99. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost
  100. Custom makes all things easy
  101. Custom reconciles us to everything
  102. Cut you coat according to your cloth
  
  D [modifier]
  103. The darknest hour is that before the dawn
  104. Dead men tell no tales
  105. Death is the great leveller
  106. Deeds,not words
  107. Desert and reward seldom keep company
  108. Desires are nourished by delays
  109. Desparate diseases must have desparate remedies
  110. The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose
  111. The devil finds work for idle hands to do
  112. The devil is not so back as he is painted
  113. The devil take the hind most
  114. The devil was sick...
  115. Diamond cut diamond
  116. Discontent is the first step in progress
  117. Discretion is the better part of valour
  118. Distance lends enchantment to the view
  119. Do as I say, not as I do
  120. Do as most men do, then most men will speak well of you
  121. Do as you would be done by
  122. Do not cast your pearls before swine
  123. Don't change horses in mid-stream
  124. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched
  125. Don't cross a bridge till you come to it
  126. Don't cry before you are hurt
  127. Don't cry stinking fish
  128. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
  129. Don't cut the bough you are standing on
  130. Don't empty the baby out with the bath water
  131. Do not haloo you are out of the wood
  132. Don't have too many irons in the fire
  133. Do not kick against the pricks
  134. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill
  135. Don't make a rod for your own back
  136. Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you
  137. Don't meet trouble half-way
  138. Don't outrun the constable
  139. Don't pour out the dirty water before you have clean
  140. Don't put all your eggs in one basket
  141. Do not put new nine into old bottles