Famous Proverbs
1466 Proverbs about Scottish / Page 114
1131.
Hawks winna pike out hawks' een.1132.
He begs frae them that borrowed frae him.1133.
He cuts near the wood.1134.
He gangs early to steal, that cannot say Na.1135.
He has a saw for a' sairs.1136.
He has coosten his cloak on the ither shouther.1137.
He has gi'en up a trade and ta'en to stravaigin'.1138.
He has got the heavy end of him.1139.
He has nae mair mense than a miller's horse.1140.
He is a fairy Cook, that may not lick his own fingers.