The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A barking dog does not bite. (Egyptian)
A barking dog was never a good hunter. (Portuguese)
A biting dog does not bark. (Korean)
A cur’s tail grows fast. (Italian)
A dog does not flee from a bone. (Irish)
A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas; a dog hunting does not notice them. (Roman)
A dog is a dog whatever its color. (Danish)
A dog is a man’s best friend. (American)
A dog is never offended at being pelted with bones. (Italian)
A dog is worthy of its food. (Roman)
A dog that has once tasted the flesh cannot be kept from the skin. (Roman)
A dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone. (Roman)
A dog with a bone knows no friend. (Dutch)
A dog with two homes is never any good. (Irish)
A dog without teeth will also attack a bone. (Yiddish)
A dog’s tail never stands straight. (Egyptian)
A good dog deserves a good bone. (Roman)
A good dog does not block the road. (Chinese)
A good dog hunts by instinct. (French)
A good dog never gets a good bone. (French)
A good man indeed, but his vicious dog won’t let you near him. (Yiddish)
A kitchen dog is never a good rabbit hunter. (Spanish)
A kitchen dog never was good for the chase. (Italian)
A living dog is better than a dead lion. (Italian)
A mad dog cannot live long. (French)
A man who wants to drown his dog says it is mad. (French)
A scalded dog thinks cold water hot. (Italian)
A slow-footed hound often has good qualities. (Irish)
A vicious dog must be tied short. (French)
An ill dog is not worth the whistle. (Irish)
An ill-tempered dog has a scarred nose. (Danish)
An old dog does not bark in vain. (Spanish)
An old dog does not grow used to the collar. (Italian)
An old dog will learn no tricks. (Italian)
As the hound, so the pup. (Irish)
Barking dogs do not bite. (Thai)
Barking dogs seldom bite. (English)
Beat the dog; wait for its master. (Haitian)
Before beating a dog, first find out its owner. (Chinese)
Better a dog fawn on you than bite you. (Dutch)
Better a living dog than a dead lion. (the Bible)
Better the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. (German)
Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. (French)
Better to have a dog for your friend than your enemy. (Dutch)
Better to have a dog welcome you than bark at you. (Irish)
Beware of the dog himself, his shadow does not bite. (Danish)
Beware of the dog that does not bark. (Portuguese)
Brag is a good dog, but Hold-fast is better. (Roman)
Buy your greyhound, don’t rear him. (Portuguese)
By gnawing skin a dog learns to eat leather. (Danish)
By what servant is his master better loved than by his dog? (Roman)
Caress your dog and he will spoil your clothes. (Dutch)
Corner a dog in a dead-end street and it will turn and bite. (Chinese)
Cut off a dog’s tail, it remains a dog. (Italian)
Dead dogs don’t bite. (Dutch)
Dead dogs no longer bark. (German)
Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand. (African)
Do not give the dog bread every time it wags its tail. (Italian)
Dog does not eat dog. (Italian)
Dogs bark at those they don’t know. (Italian)
Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. (Italian)
Dogs have teeth in all countries. (Dutch)
Dogs snap at flies. (German)
Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. (Dutch)
Dogs that bark much don’t bite. (German)
Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked. (American)
Even a dog wags its tail before its owner. (Korean)
Even a wandering dog will find something to eat. (Japanese)
Even dogs eat. (Japanese)
Even the dog gets bread by wagging its tail. (Italian)
Every dog has its day. (English)
Every dog is a lion at home. (Italian)
Every dog is allowed one bite. (Italian)
Every dog is valiant at its own door. (Irish)
Fast as the hare runs, the greyhound outruns and catches it. (Spanish)
He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog. (Chinese)
He that has not bread to spare should not keep a dog. (Chinese)
He that pelts every barking dog, must pick up a great many stones. (German)
He that wants to hang a dog, is sure to find a rope. (Danish)
He that wants to hang a dog, says that it bites the sheep. (Danish)
He that would beat his dog can easily find a stick. (Italian)
He who awakens a sleeping dog sells peace and buys noise. (Spanish)
He who gives bread to others’ dogs is often barked at by his own. (Italian)
He who wants to kill his dog only has to say it is mad. (Spanish)
He who would buy sausage from a dog must give it bacon in exchange. (Danish)
How can you expect to find ivory in a dog’s mouth? (Chinese)
Hunting dogs have scratched faces. (Egyptian)
‘I will not bite any dog’, says the shepherd’s dog, ‘for I must save my teeth for the wolf’. (German)
If a dog shows its teeth, show it a stick. (Albanian)
If a sane dog fights a mad dog, it’s the sane dog that loses an ear. (Burmese)
If the bitch were not in haste, she would not litter blind puppies. (German)
If the dog is not at home, it barks not. (West African)
If you can’t run with the big dogs, stay under the porch. (American)
If you want the dog, accept the fleas. (Spanish)
If you would have the dog follow you, give it bread. (Spanish)
If you’re out to beat a dog, you’re sure to find a stick. (Yiddish)
Into the mouth of a bad dog falls many a good bone. (Roman)
It is hard to catch hares with unwilling hounds. (Dutch)
Let a dog get at a dish of honey, and it will jump in with both legs. (Danish)
Let sleeping dogs lie. (English)
Many dogs kill a hare, no matter how many turns it makes. (Indian)
Modest dogs miss much meat. (German)
No one ever kicks a dead dog. (Italian)
Not every dog that barks bites. (French)
One dog bays at nothing, a hundred relay it as truth. (Chinese)
One dog growls to see another go into the kitchen. (German)
One must talk soothingly to the dog until one has passed it. (French)
Out of a dog’s mouth will never come ivory tusks. (Chinese)
Show a dog a finger, and he wants the whole hand. (Yiddish)
Snarling curs never want for sore ears. (French)
Stones or bread, one must have something in hand for the dogs. (Italian)
The black dog gets the food; the white dog gets the blame. (Chinese)
The dog does not get bread every time it wags its tail. (German)
The dog gets into the mill under cover of the ass. (French)
The dog laps the river as if to finish it all. (Yoruban)
The dog returns to its vomit. (German, after the Bible)
The dog that has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow. (Italian)
The dog that is forced into the woods will not hunt many deer. (Danish)
The dog that kills wolves, is killed by wolves. (Spanish)
The dog that licks ashes is not to be trusted with flour. (Italian)
The dog that means to bite doesn’t bark. (Italian)
The hindmost dog may catch the hare. (Roman)
The lean dog is all fleas. (Spanish)
The mad dog bites its master. (Portuguese)
There is danger when a dog has once tasted flesh. (Roman)
Throw a dog a bone and it will return. (German)
Timid dogs bark the loudest. (English)
Wake not a sleeping dog. (German)
Wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog remains a dog. (French)
When a dog sees a leopard’s face, it will be silent. (Yoruban)
When a dog wags its tail, it is thinking of the meat not the master. (German)
When the dog is awake, the shepherd may sleep. (German)
When the dog is down, everyone is ready to bite him. (Dutch)
When the dog is drowning everyone brings it water. (French)
When the old dog barks, it gives counsel. (Spanish)
Who wants to beat a dog, soon finds a stick. (Dutch)
Young dogs have sharp teeth. (Danish)
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