1. Translating proverbs

2. All roads lead to Rome

3. Bad news travel fast

4. He who wishes to reach the top, must suffer the stings of bees

5. Crocodile tears

6. The end justifies the means

7. Don’t cry over split milk

8. Never spur a willing horse

9. Don’t cry for the moon

10. Appearances are deceptive

11. Better a wise enemy than a foolish friend

12. Business is business

13. Fire begins with little sparks

14. Actions speak louder than words

15. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

16. Easy come, easy go

17. The apples on the other side of the wall are sweetest

18. Birds of a feather flock together

19. Borrow makes sorrow

20. When the cat’s away, the mice will play

21. Care killed the cat

22. Blood is thicker than water

23. Another day, another dollar

24. Any port in a storm

25. An apple a day keeps the doctor away

26. All things come to those who wait

27. Adventures are to the adventurous

28. Absence make the heart fonder

29. Attack is the best from the defence

30. A barking dog never bites

31. A bad penny always turns up

32. A bad workman blames his tool

33. Where bees are, there is honey

34. Better be safe than sorry

35. Better late than never

36. It is better to give than to receive

37. A bird never flew on one wing

38. Cut your coat according to your cloth

39. A friend in need is a friend indeed

40. Diamond cut diamond

41. One nail drives out another

42. When one door shuts, another opens

43. One size does not fit all

44. Opportunity never knocks twice at any man’s door

45. Out of sight, out of mind

46. Things past cannot be recalled

47. You pay your money and you take your choice

48. The pen is mightier than the sword

49. Like people, like priest

50. Practice makes perfect

51. When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window

52. Practise what you preach

53. Prevention is better than cure

54. When in Rome, do as Romans do

55. Seeing is believing

56. Good seed makes a good crop

57. Silence is golden

58. Let sleeping dogs lie

59. No smoke without fire

60. A soft answer turneth away wrath

61. The sooner begun, the sooner done