359 Proverbs about Down / Page 7
121. The world is like a staircase; some go up, others go down.
122. When a tree is falling, every one cries, down with it.
123. When the tree is down every one runs to it with a hatchet to cut wood.
124. Who lies down with dogs gets up with fleas.
125. He that lies down with the dogs, will get up with fleas.
126. He who lies down in the wash will be eaten by swine.
127. It is easy to stride a tree when it is down.
128. It is not for nothing that the devil lays himself down in the ditch.
129. It is too late to throw water on the cinders when the house is burnt down.
130. Luck sometimes visits a fool, but never sits down with him.
131. If you come up in this world, be sure not to go down in the next.
132. There's no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.
133. If you lie down with dogs you'll rise with fleas.
134. A hungry ass keeps her kicking end down.
135. Get down on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet.
136. As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way.
137. It's not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while.
138. Irishwomen have a dispensation from the pope to wear the thick ends of their legs downwards.
139. Where comes a cow the wiseman lay down, there follows a woman, and where comes a woman follows trouble.
140. If God sends you down a stony path, may he give you strong shoes.
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