* "Waste not, want not."
* "We all make mistakes." انسان جایز الخطاست.
* "We are all in this together."
* "We must take the bad with the good."
* "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger."
* "What goes around comes around."
o You will eventually have to face the consequences of your actions towards others as people tend to behave toward you as you have behaved toward others.
* "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
o Possible Interpretation: If something is good for one person, it is good for everyone;
o Alternative: "What's good for the goose is good for the gander."
* "When in Rome do as the Romans do." خواهی نشوی رسوا همرنگ جماعت باش! / اقلیت تابع اکثریت!
* "When the cat's away, the mice will play."
* "When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
* "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras."
* "Where one door shuts, another opens." خدا گر ز حکمت ببندد دری گشاید ز رحمت در دیگری
* "Where there's a will there's a way."خواستن توانستن است!
* "While the cat is away, the mice will play."
* "While there's life, there's hope."
* "Whiskey on beer, never fear. Beer on whiskey, mighty risky."
* "Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl."
* "Whom we love best, to them we can say the least."
* "Why have a dog and bark yourself?"
o Asked of a leader who performs the work himself instead of distributing equally amongst his workers or subordinates.
* "Why pay for the cow when the milk is free?"
o Why make a commitment when the benefits are available without the obligation? Commonly applied to sexual favors where "paying for the cow" refers to (a promise of) marriage.
* "Wide ears and short tongue are the best."
* "Winners never cheat and cheaters never win."
* "Without sleep, no health."
* Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere
* "You are responsible for you."
* "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."
* "You can lead (take) a horse to water but you can't make it drink."
o See also Dorothy_Parker: "You can lead a horticulture, but you cannot make her think."
* "You can't have it both ways."
* "You can't have your cake and eat it too."
o Possible Interpretation: You cannot enjoy two mutually-exclusive benefits of the same situation.
* "You can't judge a book by its cover."
* "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs."
* "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."
* "You can't milk a cow with your hands in your pants."
* "You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds."
* "You can't teach an old dog new tricks."
* "You can't teach grandma to suck eggs."
* "You can't teach grandpa to suck eggs." What does it mean?
* "You can't tell a book by its cover."
* "You have to crawl before you can walk."
* "You'll always miss 100% of the [basketball] shots you don't take."
* "You need to bait the hook to catch the fish."
* "You never know what you've got till it's gone."
* "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."
* "You will not rise to the occasion, you will default to the level of your training"
* "You lose some... and you win some... and some you don't even bother to play".
* "You can't grease a "pig" so many times that he can't be greased one more time."
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