More American Proverbs

You cannot unscramble eggs.... >>

When the glow-worm lights her lamp, the air is always very damp.... >>

An American will go to hell for a bag of coffee.... >>

It takes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put... >>

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it.... >>

Other Proverbs

Tomorrow is the busiest day of the year.... (Spanish) >>

A man may hap to bring home with him what makes him weep.... (Spanish) >>

Maturity consists of no longer being taken in by oneself.... (French) >>

A buxom widow must be married, buried, or cloistered.... (Spanish) >>

God gives almonds to one who has no teeth.... (Spanish) >>

Once bitten, twice shy.

- American Proverb