GIGA THE MOST EXTENSIVE
COLLECTION OF
QUOTATIONS
ON THE INTERNET
Home
Page
GIGA
Quotes
Biographical
Name Index
Chronological
Name Index
Topic
List
Reading
List
Site
Notes
Crossword
Solver
Anagram
Solver
Subanagram
Solver
LexiThink
Game
Anagram
Game
TOPICS:           A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    J    K    L    M    N    O    P    Q    R    S    T    U    V    W    X    Y    Z 
PEOPLE:     #    A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    J    K    L    M    N    O    P    Q    R    S    T    U    V    W    X    Y    Z 

PROVERB
 << Prev Page    Displaying page 339 of 344    Next Page >> 

You cannot forge a hammer from featherpod fluff, nor spin spidersilk from precious copper.
      - (Darkovan) [Proverbs]

You cannot get a quart into a pint pot.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot get blood from a stone.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot get blood out of a stone.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

You cannot get oil out of a wall.
      - (French) [Proverbs]

You cannot have all you wish for.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

You cannot have peace longer than your neighbour chooses.
      - (Danish) [Proverbs]

You cannot have your cake and eat it.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot hook trout? Try digging clams.
      - (Chinese) [Fishing : Proverbs]

You cannot lose what you never had.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot make a good archbishop out of a rogue.
      - (Danish) [Proverbs]

You cannot make a good hunting-horn of a pig's tail.
      - (Danish) [Proverbs]

You cannot make a hawk of a buzzard.
      - (French) [Proverbs]

You cannot make a sieve of an ass's tail.
      - (German) [Proverbs]

You cannot make a silk purse of a sow's ear.
      - [Impossibility : Proverbs]

You cannot make an ass drink if he is not thirsty.
      - (French) [Proverbs]

You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
      - (French) [Proverbs]

You cannot make bricks without straw.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot make people honest by Act of Parliament.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
      - (Chinese) [Proverbs]

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot pull a fish out of the pond without work.
      - (Russian) [Proverbs]

You cannot pull hard with a broken rope.
      - (Danish) [Proverbs]

You cannot reason with a hungry belly; it has no ears.
      - (Greek) [Proverbs]

You cannot ride two horses with one ass.
      - (Russian) [Proverbs]

You cannot roast corn with two eyes.
      - (Nigerian) [Proverbs]

You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot sail as you would, but as the wind blows.
      - (Danish) [Proverbs]

You cannot see the city for the houses.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot see the wood for the trees.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot serve God and mammon.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot shear the sheep closer than the skin.
      - (Danish) [Proverbs]

You cannot shift an old tree without it dying.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot swallow hot milk, nor can you throw it away.
      - (Goan) [Proverbs]

You cannot take a cow from a man who has none.
      - (Danish) [Proverbs]

You cannot take a shirt from a naked man.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot take hawks without climbing some cliffs.
      - (Darkovan) [Proverbs]

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot tickle a hungry person.
      - (Massai) [Proverbs]

You cannot unscramble eggs.
      - (North American) [Proverbs]

You cannot weld cake-dough to cast iron, nor a girl to an old man.
      - [Proverbs]

You cannot write in the chimney with charcoal.
      - (Russian) [Proverbs]

You come with a cat and call it a rabbit.
      - (Cameroonian) [Proverbs]

You compare the bee to the grasshopper!
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

You compare the moorhen to the I swan.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

You compare the tortoise to the hare.
      - [Proverbs]

You count the sand.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

You do not need a whip to urge on an obedient horse.
      - (Russian) [Proverbs]

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
      - [Proverbs]

You don't get something for nothing.
      - [Proverbs]


Displaying page 339 of 344 for this author:   << Prev  Next >>  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 [339] 340 341 342 343 344

The GIGA name and the GIGA logo are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
GIGA-USA and GIGA-USA.COM are servicemarks of the domain owner.
Copyright © 1999-2018 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved.
Last Revised: 2018 December 10




Support GIGA.  Buy something from Amazon.


Click > HERE < to report errors