Proverbs with the letter "M, N"
- Make a Friend when you don't need One (from Urim).
- Meaning: Do the task while it is possible. Don't wait until you need help to ask for it.
- Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
- Meaning: Manage to produce something good using poor material.
- Man proposes, God disposes.
- Meaning: Our destiny depends on God's will.
- Manners make the man.
- Meaning: A person's manners show their origins.
- Many hands make light work.
- Meaning: Sharing work makes work easier.
- Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
- Meaning: If you get married too quickly, you may spend all your life regretting it.
- Might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb.
- Meaning: If the penalty is going to be the same, you might as well commit the greater offence.
- Missing the wood for the trees.
- Meaning: Overlooking the more important issue.
- Money begets money.
- Meaning: If you have money you can make more money.
- Money doesn't grow on trees.
- Meaning: You shouldn't waste money because it is not plentiful.
- Money is the root of all evil.
- Meaning: Money is the main cause of wrongdoing and problems.
- Money talks.
- Meaning: its time to stop living in the fantasy world, and live in the real world.
- More haste, less speed.
- Meaning: More haste at a task will lead to the task being completed less speedily.
- Morals are for others to follow.
- Meaning: More money only causes more problems.
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Meaning: The need for something forces people to find a way of obtaining it.
- Need teaches a plan.
- Meaning: Necessity will make you find a solution.
- Ne'er cast a clout till May be out. (Not known if 'May' relates to the month of May or may blossom).
- Meaning: Don't remove winter vests (undergarments) until summer arrives.
- Never leave a woman to do a man's work.
- Meaning: Leaving\employing someone less qualified to do your work will produce undesired results.
- Never let a man do a woman's job.
- Meaning: Feminist phrase; Men are poorer than women, skill-wise.
- Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing.
- Meaning: Do not boast in giving to the poor- anonymous is best.
- Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today.
- Meaning: Don't postpone something you can do now.
- Never say die.
- Meaning: Never give up.
- Noblesse oblige.
- French expression: To be a member of the nobility carries obligations to care for the lower classes.
- No man can serve two masters.
- Meaning: It's impossible to follow instructions from two different sources.
- No man is an island.
- Meaning: We all need other people.
- No news is good news.
- Meaning: If the news was bad, we would hear of it. Since we have heard nothing, we can assume that all is well.
- No smoke without fire.
- Meaning: There could be some truth in the rumour...
- No wind, no waves.
- Similar to : no smoke without fire.
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Meaning: You cannot expect to achieve anything if you don't take risks.
- Make hay while the sun shines.
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Make love not war.
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Making a rod for your own back.
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Man does not live by bread alone.
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Man does what he can, God does what he will.
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Man is truly himself when he's alone.
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Man wasn't born to suffer but to carry on.
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Many a little makes a mickle.
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Many a mickle makes a muckle.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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Many can bear adversity, but few contempt.
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Many things are lost for want of asking.
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Many lick before they bite.
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Many talk like philosophers yet live like fools.
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Many words will not fill a bushel.
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Masters who sacrifice for servants will receive the gift of loyalty.
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March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
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Marriages are made in heaven.
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Marriage equals hell and bankruptcy.
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Marrying is easy, it's housework that's hard.
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Meaning of life is not meaningful.
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Meaner than a junk-yard dog.
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Measure three times before you cut once.
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Measure twice, cut once.
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Memory is the treasure of the mind.
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Men make houses, women make homes.
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Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and money is coming to you, dress your best.
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Might is right.
§ - Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
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Mind your P's and Q's.
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Mirrors do everything we do, but they cannot think for themselves.
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Misery loves company.
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Moderation in all things.
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Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for its living, And a child that's born on the Sabbath day Is fair and wise and good and gay.
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Money cannot buy happiness.
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Money for old rope.
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Money isn't everything.
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Money makes the mare go.
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Money makes the world go round.
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Money spent on the mind is never spent in vain.
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Money talks; mine always says, "Good-bye!".
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Monkey see, monkey do.
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Much meat, much disease.
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Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
§ - Nature abhors a vacuum.
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Nature never did betray the heart. that loved her.
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Nature surpasses nurture.
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Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
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Needs must when the devil drives.
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Neither blame or praise yourself.
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Never change, for the sake of others. There will be no one like you if you change.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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Never give a sucker an even break.
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Never judge a book by its cover.
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Never let the sun go down on your anger.
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Never lie to your doctor.
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Never lie to your lawyer.
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
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Never offer to teach a fish to swim.
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Never repeat old grievances.
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Never say never.
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Never speak ill of the dead.
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Never smash a glass over a brick donkey.
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Never tell tales out of school.
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Never tell your story to a deaf man.
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Never trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you.
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Nine tailors make a man.
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Nobody is perfect.
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Nobody leaves us, we only leave others.
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No bees, no honey; no work, no money.
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No man is content with his lot.
§ - No money, no justice.
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No names, no pack-drill.
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No need to cry over spilled milk.
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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No one can pray well, but those who live well.
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No one is as angry as the person who is wrong.
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No one is worse, for knowing the worst of themselves.
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No pain, no gain.
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No price is too low for a bear or too high for a bull.
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No rest for the wicked.
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No sheath shall hold what finds its home in flesh.
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No time like the present.
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No wonder lasts over three days.
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Nothing exceeds like excess.
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Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
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Nothing is more noble than politeness, and nothing more ridiculous than ceremony.
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Nothing succeeds like success.
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Nothing to be feared in life, but understood.
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Not enough room to swing a cat.
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart.
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Now is the watchword of the wise.
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Now the shit has really hit the fan.
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Now we have doors so we can hide.
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Proverbs theme "Friendship" in English.
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