1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 69
1361.
Ye're black aboot the mou' for want o' kissing.1362.
Ye're busy seeking the thing that's no tint.1363.
Ye're fear'd for the day ye never saw.1364.
Ye're good enough but ye're no braw enough.1365.
Ye're like a bad liver--the last day there's aye maist to do wi' ye.1366.
Ye're like the hens ye rin aye to the heap.1367.
Ye're like the miller's dog--ye lick your lips ere the pock be opened.1368.
Ye're nae chicken for a' your cheeping.1369.
Ye're never pleas'd fu' nor fasting.1370.
Ye're no fed on deaf nuts.1371.
Ye're no light where lean a'.1372.
Ye're of sae mony minds ye'll never be married.1373.
Ye're sair fash'd hadding naething together.1374.
Ye're unco good and ye'll grow fair.1375.
Ye're very foresighted, like Forsyth's cat.1376.
Ye'se get your brose out of the lee side of the pot.1377.
You hae been smelling the bung.1378.
You will never know a man till you do business with him.1379.
You will never know a man until you do business with him.1380.
Young ducks may be auld geese.