IBPS RRB Officers Selection Exam: Proverbs

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• A bad beginnings makes a bed ending.
• A bad excuse is better than none at all.
• A bad husband cannot be a good man.
• A beggar can never be bankrupt.
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
• A burnt child dreads fire.
• A cat may look at a king.
• A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.
• A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
• A clear conscience is a coat of mail.
• A drowning man will catch at a straw.
• A drunkard՚s purse is a bottle.
• A fault confessed is half redressed.
• A fool and his money are soon parted.
• A fool may give a wise man counsel.
• A fool may make money, but it takes a wise man to spend it.
• A friend in need a friend indeed.
• A friend is easier lost than found.
• A friend՚s frown is better than a fool՚s smile.
• A full purse makes the mouth to speak
• A good dog deserves A good bone.
• A good husband makes a good wife.
• A good man is better than riches.
• A good name is sooner lost than won.
• A great talker is a great liar.
• A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
• A wise man changes his mind sometimes, a fool never.
• A wonder lasts nine days.
• A word to the wise is enough.
• Absence makes the heart grow founder.
• Action speaks louder than words.
• Advice when most needed is least heeded.
• After a storm comes a calm.
• All covet, all lose.
• All that glitters is not gold.
• All work and not play makes Jack a dull boy.
• All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.
• A rolling stone gather no moss.
• A rose between two thorns.
• A short cut is often a wrong cut.
• A switch in time saves nine.
• A thing begun is half done.
• All՚s fair in love and war.
• All՚s fish that comes to his net.
• All՚s well that ends well.
• Among the blind the one eyed man is king
• A miss is as good as a mile.
• A penny for your thoughts.
• A pound of the care won՚t pay an ounce of debt.
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
• A man is as old as he feels.
• A man՚s house is his castle.
• An army marches on its stomach.
• An empty bag will not stand upright
• A hungry man is an angry man.
• An idle brain is the devil՚s workshop.
• A man in debt is caught in a net.
• A heavy purse makes a light heart.
• An old bird is not to be caught with chaff