Gut nae fish till ye get them.
Gut nae fish till ye get them.
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Gut nae fish till ye get them.
"There was a thing in it!" quoth the fellow when he drank the dishclout.
Almost was never hanged.
When one door shuts another opens.
No feast to a miser's.
The devil can quote Scripture for his purpose.
Over shoes, over boots.
Plenty makes dainty.
Ower mony greeves [overseers] hinder the wark.
Cat after kind.
Look before you leap.
Ower hot, ower cauld.
Sune enough to cry "chick" when it's out o' the shell.
The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
Near is my petticoat, but nearer is my smock.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
So many mists in March you see,
An ape is an ape, a varlet's a varlet,
It is good to have friends everywhere.
Nothing was ever ill said that was not ill taken.
It is better to knit than to blossom.
Saying and doing are two things.
Never deal with the man when you can deal with the master.
Extremes meet.