Great Throughts Treasury

"Dogs fight over a bone and mourners over an inheritance."

"Don?t boast of your money because you can easily lose it."

"Don?t bother me! (lit., don?t twist my head)"

"Don?t ask for credit! Pay in cash in advance! Cash on the barrelhead!"

"Don?t be an idiot! Don?t be a damn fool!"

"Don?t be scared when you have no other choice."

"Don?t depend on miracles."

"Don?t ask questions about fairy tales."

"Don?t butt in (lit., don?t mix yourself into that)."

"Don?t climb too high and you won?t have to fall."

"Don?t depend upon others?do it yourself."

"Don?t do me any favors (sarcastic)."

"Don?t give me a canary (lit., don?t give me an evil eye)."

"Don?t get excited! (lit., it?s not burning!)"

"Don?t do business with a fool."

"Don?t eat the challah before you?ve made the blessing."

"Don?t look a gift horse in the mouth."

"Don?t get on my nerves; stop nagging me (lit., don?t bang my teapot)."

"Don?t mix business with pleasure."

"Don?t hit me and don?t lick me"

"Don?t lie down with a healthy head in a sick bed."

"Don?t rub your belly when the little fish is still in the pond."

"Don?t put off till tomorrow what you can do today."

"Don?t throw away the soiled until you have the clean."

"Don?t trust a relative in business."

"Don?t worry about it (lit., do not say woe)."

"Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side."

"Don?t sell the skin off the bear that?s still in the forest."

"Don't bang the teakettle at me!"

"Don?t worry; doesn?t worry."

"Don't give me a hole in the head and don't bandage me up."

"Don't eat the challah before saying the blessing."

"Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out."

"Don't give me the honey and spare me the sting."

"Don't live in a town where there are no doctors."

"Don't pour oil on fire."

"Don't look for a notch in the saw."

"Don't send a dog to the butcher shop."

"Don't sell the skin off the bear that's still in the forest."

"Don't twist my head!"

"Don't shout, you'll wake up God!"

"Dress up a broom and it will look nice too."

"Easy to promise, hard to fulfill."

"Don't spit into the well - you might drink from it later."

"Don't stick your head in a wolf's mouth."

"Eat like a bird, excrete like a horse! (vulgar)"

"Eat, pray, don?t act like a jerk!"

"Either all or nothing."

"Either it doesn?t help or it isn?t needed."

"Either too much or not enough (vulgar) (lit., either a wallop or a fart)."