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Funny Sayings
A donkey is known by its ears.
A door must either be open or shut.
A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.
A dragon stranded in shallow water provides amusement to the shrimps.
A dragon will be teased by a shrimp in a shoal water; a tiger will be bullied by a dog on a treeless plain.
A dram of discretion is worth a pound of wisdom.
A dram of mother’s wit is better than a pound of school smarts.
A dream that lasts merely a millet soup's cooking time.
A dream with a deadline becomes a goal.
A dress is made by measuring the body, a name is given by reading the face.
A dress not worn wears itself out.
A drink is shorter than a story.
A drink precedes a story.
A dripping June sets all in tune.
A drop hollows out a stone.
A drop of good fortune rather than a cask of wisdom.
A drop of honey catches more flies than a hogshead of vinegar.
A drop of sweat spent in a drill is a drop of blood saved in a battle.
A drop of water breaks a stone.
A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring.
A drowning man clings even to thorns.
A drowning man will grasp at straw.
A drowning person will not be troubled by a little rain.
A drunk man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts.
A drunk tells everything.
A drunken man may soon be made to dance.
A drunken man, when asleep, is better left alone.
A drunken night makes a cloudy morning.
A drunken person is lost to shame.
A drunken woman is lost to shame.
A dry cough is Death’s trumpeter.
A dry finger cannot pick up salt.
A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter.
A dull knife cannot sharpen itself.
A dull speaker always talks long.
A fair booty makes a fair thief.
A fair exchange brings no quarrel.
A fair exchange is no robbery.
A fair face may be a foul bargain.
A fair face will get its praise, though the owner keep silent.
A fair face, a foul heart.
A fair promise binds a fool.
A fair skin often covers a crooked mind.
A fair world, a radiant world – but for whom?
