Example of English Proverbs Starting with the Letter 'Y'

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
You can't have it both ways.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
You can't teach grandma to suck eggs.
You can't tell a book by its cover.

You cannot eat your cake and have it.
You cannot flay the same ox twice.
You cannot judge a tree by it bark.
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.
You cannot wash charcoal white.
You have to crawl before you can walk.
You made your bed, now lie in it.
You never know what you've got till it's gone.
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.