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Funny Sayings
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
A borrowed horse and your own spurs make short miles.
A bottle half filled tends to rock.
A bow kept taut will quickly break, but kept loosely strung it will serve you when you need it.
A bow long bent at length waxes weak.
A boy knows not fire till it burns him.
A boy’s love is water in a sieve.
A brain is worth little without a tongue.
A brave man gets his reward.
A braying ass eats little hay.
A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and continually beating her.
A bridge is not built from one piece of wood.
A bridge never crossed is like a life never lived.
A bridle for the tongue is a necessary piece of furniture.
A brilliant daughter make a brittle wife.
A broken friendship may be mended but never made completely whole.
A broken hand works, but not a broken heart.
A broken spirit is hard to heal.
A brook may quench thirst as well as a great river.
A brother is a treasure if good, an enemy if bad.
A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.
A brother turned enemy is an enemy for life.
A bucket shop profits when wind blows.
A buckle is a great addition to an old shoe.
A buddha made of mud crossing a river cannot protect even himself.
A Buddha made of mud crossing a river cannot protect himself.
A bully is always a coward.
A buried fire will flare up.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
A burnt child fears the fire, and a bitten child fears a dog.
A burnt tongue becomes shy of hot soup.
A bustling mother makes a slothful daughter.
A busybody is always malevolent.
A buxom widow must be married, buried, or cloistered.
A buyer wants a hundred eyes, a seller none.
A cabin with plenty of food is better than a hungry castle.
A cake and a bad custom ought to be broken.
A cake eaten in peace is worth two in trouble.
A calm heart adjusts to many changes.
A calm portends a storm.
A camel standing amidst a flock of sheep.
A camel that wants fodder stretches out its neck.
A camel with bells is not lost.
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
