Most Commonly Used Idiomatic Proverbs D - H

D

• Do as I say, not as I do.
• Don't bite off more than you can chew.
• Don't bit the hand that feeds you.
• Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
• Don't cry over spilled milk.
• Don't judge a book by its cover.
• Don't judge a man until you've walked in his boots.
• Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
• Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
• Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today.
• Don't put the cart before the horse.
F
• Familiarity breeds contempt.
• The first step is always the hardest.
• A fool and his money are soon parted.
• Forewarned is forearmed.
• A friend in need is a friend indeed.
• A friend who shares is a friend who cares.
G
• Good things come in small packages.
• The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
H
• Haste makes waste.
• He who hesitates is lost.
• He who laughs last, laughs best.
• Hindsight is better than foresight.

Reference: American Idiomatic Proverbs of US

Most Commonly Used Idiomatic Proverbs A - C

Below you will find some of the most commonly used idiomatic proverbs in USA and all over the academic and business world.

When i was in secondary highschool, my teacher in English Literature always gave us some exam/quizzes for this topic in order for us, as student to be prepared and know how to use judgemental thinking into actual experience and understanding!
A

1. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
2. Actions speak louder than words.
3. After the feast comes the reckoning.
4. All that glitters is not gold.
5. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
6. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

B
1. Bad news travels fast.
2. Barking dogs seldom bite.
3. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
4. Beggars can't be choosers.
5. The best things in life are free.
6. Better a live coward than a dead hero
7. Better late than never.
8. Better safe than sorry.
9. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
10. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
11. Birds of a feather flock together.
12. Blood is thicker than water.

C
1. Charity begins at home.
2. Clothes do not make the man.
3. Curiosity killed the cat.

Reference: American Idiomatic Proverbs of US

What is Love

To friends at home, the lone, the admired, the lost

The gracious old, the lovely young, to May

The fair, December the beloved,

These from my blue horizon and green isles,

These from this pinnacle of distances I,

The unforgetful, dedicate.

Source: What is Love by Robert Louis Stevenson