Proverb Examples from around the world

Proverbs Starting with letter D - part 2
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Dogs cannot make dreams come true -- people must do that.
Dogs do not dislike poor families.
Dogs don't love people, they love the place where they are fed.

Dogs have teeth in all countries.
Dogs that always fight always have bleeding ears.
Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.
Dogs that bark much don't bite.
Dogs that fight each other will join forces against the wolf.
Doing is better than saying.
Doing nothing is doing ill.
Doing nothing teaches doing ill.
Doing two things at the same time will result in a mess.
Dominies come for your wine, and officers for your daughters.
Don't air your dirty laundry in public.
Don't allow the grass to grow on the path of friendship.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back or a fool from any side.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
Don't argue with a fool, he has a rested mind.
Don't ask God to guide your footsteps if you're not willing to move your feet.
Don't ask a dog to judge between a pillar and a tree.
Don't ask an innkeeper the way.
Don't ask in this life for the three most difficult things: good sons, long life and a long beard.
Don't ask me where I am going but where I have come from.
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
Don't ask questions of fairy tales.
Don't ask the old one, ask the experienced one.
Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water.
Don't bargain with God.
Don't bark if you can't bite.
Don't be a baker if your head is made of butter.
Don't be a lion in your own house.
Don't be a thief and you won't fear the king.
Don't be afraid of a spot that can be removed with water.
Don't be afraid of he who raises a hue and cry; be afraid of he who holds his head down.
Don't be afraid of me, my job, i'm not going to touch you.
Don't be afraid of the dog who barks, but be afraid of the one, who is silent and wags its tail.
Don't be afraid of the turbulent river, be afraid of the moderate river.
Don't be fooled by how clean the turban is, the soap was probably bought on credit.
Don't be frightened at high-sounding words.
Don't be misled by the tears of a beggar.

Don't be scared when you have no other choice.
Don't be so clever; cleverer ones than you are in jail.
Don't be so much in love that you can't tell when it's raining.
Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out.
Don't believe in foretellings but don't stay without them.
Don't believe in the saint unless he works miracles.
Don't believe what you see, husband, but only what I tell you.
Don't bet more than you can afford to lose.
Don't bet on only one card.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Don't bite till you know whether it is bread or a stone.
Don't blame the pig, blame the one who scratches his back.
Don't blame your wife's side if your son is cross-eyed.
Don't boast when you start out, but when you get there.
Don't borrow another's nose to breathe with.
Don't borrow from a parvenu; if you do, don't spend it.
Don't bother the beggar's son and the beggar's son won't bother you.
Don't bring a knife to a gun fight.
Don't budge, if you sit at ease.
Don't build a new ship out of old wood.
Don't burn your bridges.
Don't buy a boat that is under water.
Don't buy a cat in a bag.
Don't buy a cat in a sack.
Don't buy a cat in the sack.
Don't buy a pig in a poke.
Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.
Don't buy the salt if you haven't licked it yet.
Don't call a man honest just because he never had the chance to steal.
Don't call in the doctor after the funeral.
Don't call me a little olive until you've picked me.
Don't call the alligator 'big-mouth' till you have crossed the river.
Don't carry all your eggs in one basket.
Don't carry your head too high, the door is low.
Don't cast beads before(in front of) pigs.
Don't cast your pearls before swine.
Don't celebrate until you are across the brook.
Don't celebrate until you've shot the bear.
Don't change horses in mid stream.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Don't change horses while crossing a stream.
Don't chat idly on the phone - an unwary talker is a great find for a spy. (ie. 'Loose lips sink ships.').
Don't climb a tree to catch a fish.
Don't close the barn door after the horse runs away.
Don't complicate the issue.
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like.
Don't cough in a hiding place.
Don't count the teeth of a gift horse.

Don't count what they get -- they count what they don't get.
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Don't cross a bridge before you come to it.
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.
Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.
Don't cross the bridge until you come to it.
Don't cross the brook for water.
Don't cross the road when you can't find your way out of the kitchen.
Don't cross the stream to find water.
Don't cross the stream to get water.
Don't cross the water unless you see the bottom.
Don't cry 'Hurra!' till you are over the ditch.
Don't cry before you are hurt.
Don't cry before you're hurt.
Don't cry fish before they're caught.
Don't cry fried fish before they are caught.
Don't cry herrings till they are in the net.
Don't cry holloa! till you're out of the bush.
Don't cry holloa! till you're over the bridge.
Don't cry over spilt milk.
Don't cry till you are out of the wood.
Don't cry, ugly child, crying won't make you any more beautiful.
Don't cry, ugly child, tomorrow we'll buy you a mask.
Don't cut off the monkey's tail before it is dead.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't dance on a volcano.
Don't demand that what you write in the Nile will be read in the desert.
Don't depend on someone else if you can be your own master.
Don't despise the nut, one day it will be a palm tree.
Don't dig a pit for somebody to fall into, or you will end up in it yourself.
Don't dig your grave with your knife and fork.
Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
Don't dirty the place where you have eaten.
Don't divide the spoil before the victory is won.
Don't do all you can, spend all you have, believe all you hear, or tell all you know.
Don't do that of which you doubt the propriety.
Don't do to another what is hated by you.
Don't do today what you probably can leave undone tomorrow as well.
Don't draw a sword against a louse.
Don't drive the horse with a whip, but drive the horse with a rouble.
Don't drown the man who taught you to swim.
Don't empty the water jar until the rain falls.
Don't even take a bath with fools, because they'll throw away the soap.
Don't exaggerate small things / Don't make a big deal out of something minor.
Don't expect from others what you can't promise them yourself.
Don't expect to be offered a chair when you visit a place where the chief himself sits on the floor.
Don't expect. Inspect.

Don't fall before you're pushed.
Don't fight with the strong one, don't sue the rich one.
Don't find fault with what you don't understand.
Don't fly till your wings are feathered.
Don't get mad, get even.
Don't give a child a name until after it is born.
Don't give cherries to a pig; don't give advice to a fool.
Don't give cherries to pigs or advice to fools.
Don't give the sparrow in the hand for the crow on the fence.
Don't give up your old prayer rug.
Don't go a-fishing to a famous stream.
Don't go between the tree and the bark.
Don't go selling the hide while the bear remains in the hole.
Don't go to war without weapons.
Don't go uninvited to baptisms and weddings.
Don't guild the lily.
Don't hack the branch you are sitting on.
Don't halt before you are lame.
Don't hang all your clothes on one hook.
Don't hang your conscience on your back.
Don't hang your hat higher than you can reach.
Don't harness the donkey and the horse together.
Don't have a friend who always agrees with you, but have a friend who argues with you.
Don't have a hundred rubles, but have a hundred friends.
Don't have too many irons in the fire.
Don't help a bull out of a ditch, for when he's out he'll butt you.
Don't help the elephant to carry his tusks.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
Don't hit someone's door by finger because your door will be punched.
Don't hope for rain or thunder, hope for an agronomist. (ie. Man and science trumps coincidence.).
Don't ignore the small things -- the kite flies because of its tail.
Don't insult the alligator until you've crossed the river.
Don't insult the crocodile until you cross the water. (Be careful about criticizing others.).
Don't interfere between a wife and husband.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Don't judge a man by the size of his hat, but by the angle of his tilt.
Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.
Don't judge and you won't be judged.
Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.
Don't judge the book by its cover.
Don't judge the book by its cover. Or clothes don't make the man.
Don't judge the dog by its fur.
Don't judge the dog from its hairs.' or 'Never judge the book by its cover.
Don't jump high in a room with a low ceiling.
Don't just cross a river -- cross it bearing fire!.
Don't just cross a river--cross it bearing fire!.
Don't just take love, experience it.
Don't kick a sleeping dog.
Don't kick the horse you have to ride.

Don't kill the man at the count's desire.
Don't kill the messenger.
Don't laugh when your neighbors oven is on fire.
Don't lean on your fellow men -- theirs is an ever moving support.
Don't learn too much, Jack, else you must do a great deal.
Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today.
Don't leave for tomorrow, what you can do today.
Don't leave the high road for a short cut.
Don't leave the main road for a shortcut.
Don't let procrastination eat your own clock.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Don't let the cat guard the cream.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Don't let the falcon loose until you see the hare.
Don't let women who attract attention walk behind you.
Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.
Don't let your tongue or your paintbrush wag your tail when they are making up an inventory.
Don't let your tongue say what your head may have to pay for.
Don't lie down in low places, flood will take you, don't lie down in high places, wind will take you.
Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.
Don't lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Don't look a gift horse in the teeth.
Don't look a gifthorse in the mouth.
Don't look a horse that was given to you in the mouth.
Don't look at a gift horse's teeth.
Don't look at the jar, but at what's inside it.
Don't look at the teeth of a horse you've been given.
Don't look back when you are walking along the edge of a wall.
Don't look for a sea when you can drown in a puddle.
Don't look for bad things in the good that you do.
Don't look for speed in a cheap horse; be content if it neighs.
Don't look where you fell, but where you slipped.
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Don't make a toil of pleasure.
Don't make an oven of your cap or a garden of your belly.
Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been leant to you.
Don't make waves.
Don't make yourself poor to one who won't make you rich.
Don't marry for money, you can borrow it cheaper.
Don't marry without love, but don't love without reason.
Don't measure others with your own hand.
Don't measure your neighbor's honesty by your own.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Don't mend what ain't broken.
Don't mention the cross to the devil.
Don't move my circles' commonly attributed last words of.
Don't move settled things' (i.e. 'Don't rock the boat', 'Let sleeping dogs lie.').
Don't offer me advice; give me money.
Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Don't open your mouth to eat other people's bread.
Don't overstrain your bow -- it may break.
Don't pick a wasp out of a cream-jug.
Don't plant a seed in the sea.
Don't plant pumpkins where they never sprouted! (Don't waste your time trying things which are proven won't work).
Don't plant pumpkins where they never sprouted! (Don't waste your time trying things which are proven won't work.).
Don't play matchmaker for your son but rather for your.
Don't play with the bear if you don't want to be bit.
Don't poison someone whom you can kill with sweets.
Don't postpone things you can do today to tomorrow.

Don't postpone until tomorrow, what you can take care of now.
Don't pour away your water on the strength of a mirage.

These are Proverb Examples from around the world, some have been translated from their original language to english.


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