PEOPLE
PROVERBS
PROVERBS WITH THE TITLE : "bad"
A hole is but a hole, though laden with gold.
said to mean that:
Dead men don't bite.
expression meaning that:
He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.
or else :
Idleness is the mother of all evil.
states that:
It is enough to make a cat laugh.
said for :
Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something.
used to say that:
One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.
used to say that:
The devil is not so black as he is painted.
said for :
To get out of bed on the wrong side.
said when:
A rotten apple spoils the barrel.
suggests that:
Bad apple
said for :
Bad to the bone
said for :
Where God builds a church, the Devil build a chapel
suggests that:
The greater the sinner, the greater the saint
suggests that:
Ill weeds grow apace
said to mean that:
The mother of mischief is no bigger than a midge's wing
meaning that:
He who plants thorns should not expect to gather roses
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