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English proverbs (N)

English proverbs (N)

Proverbs are popularly defined as short expressions of popular wisdom. Efforts to improve on the popular definition have not led to a more precise definition. The wisdom is in the form of a general observation about the world or a bit of advice, sometimes more nearly an attitude toward a situation.

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  • The nail that sticks up will be hammered down.
  • Nature never did betray the heart. that loved her.
  • Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
  • Necessity is the mother of all invention.
  • Necessity is the mother of all invention, but Laziness is the father. -[Benjamin Franklin]
  • Ne'er cast a clout till May be out. (Not known if 'May' relates to the month of May or may blossom).
    • Don't remove winter vests (undergarments) until summer arrives.
  • Never change, for the sake of others. There will be no one like you if you change. (GPL)
  • Never judge the book by its cover.
    • meaning: Do not let a quick/superficial evaluation pass for a deep/quality one. Be willing to recheck. Measure twice, cut once.
  • Never leave a woman to do a man's work.
    • alternate version, Never let a monkey to do a man's job, Never send a woman to do a man's job
    • Meaning: Leaving\employing someone less qualified to do your work will produce undesired results.
  • Never let a man do a woman's job.
    • Feminist phrase; Men are poorer than women, skill-wise.
  • Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing.
    • Possible interpretation: Do not boast in giving to the poor- anonymous is best.
    • Possible interpretation: Secrecy insures security
  • Never lie to your doctor.
  • Never lie to your lawyer.
  • Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
  • Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today.
  • Never say die.
    • interpretation: Never give up.
  • Never say never.
  • Never smash a glass over a brick donkey.
  • Never trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you.
  • A new broom sweeps clean.
  • A night with Venus and a life with mercury.
    • Anti-promiscuity adage, alluding to a 18th-century mercury-based folk treatment for syphilis
    • Cited in Bartz, Diane, "Har, me hearties! Excavating Blackbeard's ship", Reuters (via Yahoo! News), 30 October 2006. URL accessed on 2006-11-01.
  • No man can serve two masters.
    • Christian New Testament
  • No man is an island
    • interpretation: Everybody needs other people.
  • No man is content with his lot.
  • No money, no justice.
  • No need to cry over spilled milk.
  • No news is good news.
  • No pain, no gain.
  • No time like the present.
  • Noblesse oblige.
    • French expression: To be a member of the nobility carries obligations to care for the lower classes.
  • Nobody leaves us, we only leave others.
  • Not enough room to swing a cat
  • Nothing exceeds like excess.
  • Nothing to be feared in life, but understood.
  • Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    • Variant: Nothing ventured, nothing have. - Divers Proverbs, Nathan Bailey, 1721
  • Now the shit has really hit the fan.
  • Now we have doors so we can hide.

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