Famous Proverbs
320 Proverbs about Three / Page 8
71. Fish and guests stink after three days.
72. From clogs to clogs is only three generations.
73. He that was born under a three-halfpenny planet shall never be worth twopence.
74. He who marries a widow with three children, marries four thieves.
75. He who would drive another over three dikes must climb over two himself.
76. Smoke, rain, and a scolding wife, are three bad things in a house.
77. There are three bad neighbours: great rivers, great lords, and great roads.
78. There are three things from which no good can be got without a beating: a walnut-tree, a donkey, and a shrew.
79. A hundred bakers, a hundred millers, and a hundred tailors are three hundred thieves.
80. An ape, a priest, and a louse, are three devils in one house.