Famous Proverbs
19 Proverbs about Herring
1.
The cask always smells of the herring.2.
Every herring must hang by its own gill.3.
Better a salt herring on your own table, than a fresh pike on another man's.4.
Let ilka herring hing by its ain head.5.
Of bad debtors you make take spoilt herrings.6.
Don't cry herrings till they are in the net.7.
Herring in the land, the doctor at a stand.8.
He couldn't drag a herring off the coals.9.
You sell more herrings on the market than sole.10.
If you want to eat pickled herring, think about the thirst you will have.