Give me the rhubarb and you may take the senna.... >>
'Tis everywhere the same as here.... >>
A wicked dog must be tied short.... >>
A good dog hunts by instinct.... >>
If you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned.... >>
The shirt is nearer than the frock.... (Spanish) >>
He expects to find water at the first stroke of the spade.... (Spanish) >>
He that shippeth the devil must make the best of him.... (English) >>
The chickens have come home to roost.... (American) >>
The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.... (English) >>