| The last drop makes the cup run over |
| The last straw breaks the camel's back |
| The leopard cannot change its spots |
| The longest day has an end |
| The mill cannot grind with the water that is past |
| The moon does not heed the barking of dogs |
| The more haste, the less speed |
| The more the merrier |
| The morning sun never lasts a day |
| The mountain has brought forth a mouse |
| The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh |
| The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken at last |
| The pot calls the kettle black |
| The proof of the pudding is in the eating |
| The receiver is as bad as the thief |
| The remedy is worse than the disease |
| The rotten apple injures its neighbours |
| The scalded dog fears cold water |
| The tailor makes the man |
| The tongue of idle persons is never idle |
| The voice of one man is the voice of no one |
| The way (the road) to hell is paved with good intentions |
| The wind cannot be caught in a net |
| The work shows the workman |
| There are lees to every wine |
| There are more ways to the wood than one |
| There is a place for everything, and everything in its place |
| There is more than one way to kill a cat |
| There is no fire without smoke |
| There is no place like home |
| There is no rose without a thorn |
| There is no rule without an exception |
| There is no smoke without fire |
| There's many a slip 'tween (== between) the cup and the lip |
| There's no use crying over spilt milk |
| They are hand and glove |
| They must hunger in winter that will not work in summer |
| Things past cannot be recalled |
| Think today and speak tomorrow |
| Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones |