Great Throughts Treasury

"I have your measure (lit., I have you in my pocket)."

"I love you!"

"I haven?t got the faintest idea! (lit., I should know from trouble as I know about this!)"

"I should have such good luck."

"I keep on dropping things."

"I should know as little about trouble (as I know about what you are asking me)."

"I need it like a hole in the head!"

"I sure told him off!"

"I should outlive him long enough to bury him."

"I trust you, but send cash!"

"I wish on him the third plague of Egypt."

"I wish that I could have the pain instead of you, my child! (said by a loving mother to her suffering child)"

"I wish you to have ten houses, each house with ten rooms, each room with ten beds and you should roll from one bed to the other with cholera!"

"I?ll give you nothing! (lit., I?ll give you a fever)."

"I?m about to faint (from sheer exhaustion)."

"I?m a worn-out old shoe."

"I work for nothing! (lit., I work in an empty world)"

"I?ll give you such a smack!"

"If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water."

"I?m not in a hurry."

"I?m gonna fix his wagon! (lit., I?ll make him miserable!)"

"I?m nothing more than a piece of a broken old pot."

"If a fool holds the cow by the horns, a clever man can milk her."

"If a girl can't dance, she says the musicians can't play."

"If a cat laid eggs, it would be a hen."

"If a girl has no other virtues, even a freckle can be considered one."

"If a link is broken, the entire chain breaks."

"If a girl is ugly, she blames it on the mirror."

"If a pig had horns, it would turn the world upside-down."

"If a thief has nothing to steal, he steals from one pocket to another."

"If all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over."

"If a stone stays in one place, it becomes overgrown with grass."

"If all men pulled in one direction, the world would topple over."

"If dumbness was a drop of water, you would have been an ocean!"

"If each one sweeps before his own door, the whole street is clean."

"If everybody says so, there?s some truth to it."

"If a thief has nothing to steal, he steals the hat off his own head."

"If everyone pulled in one direction, the world would tip over."

"If God lived on earth, people would break his windows."

"If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding."

"If God lived on Earth, people would knock out all His windows."

"If fortune calls, offer him a seat."

"If he were an undertaker, people would stop dying."

"If God were living on earth, people would break His windows."

"If grandma had a beard, she would be a grandpa."

"If he were in the candle business, the sun would never set."

"If grandma had wheels, she would be a wagon."

"If he were twice as smart, he'd be an idiot!"

"If his word were a bridge, I'd be afraid to cross it."

"If his word were a stick, you couldn't lean on it."