Cheese Proverbs

Sayings about Milk & Cheese

The cheese betrays the milk. ~ Finnish Proverbs

I would as soon see your nose be cheese, and the cat get the first bite of it. ~ Scottish Proverbs

I have a cow in the sky, but cannot drink her milk. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs

I don’t want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap. ~ Latin Proverbs

I don’t care how many pails of milk I lose, as long as I don’t lose the cow. ~ Traditional Proverb

It’s not the fault of the mouse, but of the one who offers him the cheese. ~ Mexican Proverbs

In a rickety stable the cow produces no milk. ~ Russian Proverbs

If you must cry over spilled milk then please try to condense it. ~ Saying

If you are offered a bull, do not ask how much milk he will give. ~ Arabian Proverbs

Milk the cow, but do not pull off the udder. ~ Greek Proverbs

You don’t milk a cow with your hands in your pockets. ~ Russian Proverb

An apple-pie without some cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze. ~ Traditional Proverb

You can’t take the milk back from the coffee. ~ Jamaican Proverbs

You can’t make cheesecakes out of snow. ~ Yiddish Proverbs

Worry is today’s mice nibbling on tomorrow’s cheese. ~ Saying

One person enjoys a piece of hard cheese, a second a spun out prayer chant, and a third a door to the street. ~ Yiddish Proverb

No matter how much milk a cow has, you cannot milk butter from it. ~ African Proverb

No matter how hard you try, a bull will never give milk. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs

Snakes turn milk into poison. ~ Sanskrit Proverbs

The cheese vessel will not sail merely by words. ~ Turkish Proverbs

The best fish hook cannot catch limp cheese. ~ Greek Proverb

The moon is made of a green cheese. ~ Traditional Proverb

The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese. ~ Saying

Women, melons, and cheese are bought by the weight. ~ Spanish Proverbs

Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? ~ American Proverbs

When a dog has money, he buys cheese. ~ Jamaican Proverb

What can you do with a good cow that gives a lot of milk and then kicks the bucket over? ~ Yiddish Proverb

Water and milk do not mix. ~ Somali Proverbs

Two farmers each claimed to own a certain cow. While one pulled on its head and the other pulled on its tail, the cow was milked by the lawyer. ~ Hebrew Proverb

A black cow also gives white milk. ~ Sierra Leonean Proverbs

Even if fed milk, a snake will still emit poison. ~ Indian Proverbs

Don’t cry over spilt milk. ~ English Proverbs

Communism is a cow of many; well milked and badly fed. ~ Spanish Proverb

Have patience, the grass will be milk soon enough. ~ Chinese Proverbs

God gives us milk but no jug. ~ German Proverbs

Cheese and bread make the cheeks red. ~ German Proverb

Brotherly love for brotherly love, but cheese for money. ~ Albanian Proverbs

Better to drink the milk than to eat the cow. ~ Icelandic Proverbs

Better a goat that can give milk than a cow that cannot. ~ Estonian Proverbs

Before you milk a cow tie it up. ~ South African Proverb

A noisy cow gives little milk. ~ Polish Proverb

Give a servant a proper meal and the cow will give more milk and the cat will drink less. ~ Swedish Proverb

To the fiancée — milk; to the bride — butter; to the husband — cheese. ~ Luxembourg Proverbs

There’s no use asking the cow to pour you a glass of milk. ~ American Proverb

There’s always free cheese in a mousetrap. ~ Saying

There is no old bread that cannot find its cheese. ~ French Proverb

Quotations about Milk & Cheese

The way to my heart is through Belgian milk chocolate. ~ Emma Donoghue

What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? ~ Bertolt Brecht

The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk. ~ Dustin Hoffman

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath. ~ W. C. Fields

Sometimes when everybody’s feeding you the cheese it’s hard not to eat it. ~ Bill Parcells

Opie, you haven’t finished your milk. We can’t put it back in the cow, you know. ~ Aunt Bee Taylor

Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned. ~ W. C. Fields

Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer. ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more. ~ Martin Luther

Lawyers are like cheeses. There are lots of good ones, but not everybody likes the taste of some or can afford the best of others. ~ Robin Ellison

I’d rather have bread and cheese with my darlings than roast turkey, cranberry sauce, and mince-pie all alone. ~ Jay Benson Hamilton

I don’t believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is. ~ Ann Landers

I asked the waiter, ‘Is this milk fresh?’ He said, ‘Lady, three hours ago it was grass. ~ Phyllis Diller

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese? ~ Charles de Gaulle

He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself. ~ James Matthew Barrie

You can only milk a cow so long, then you’re left holding the pail. ~ Hank Aaron

Get off your horse and drink your milk. ~ John Wayne

China is trying to become America without democracy while America is trying to become France without cheese calories. ~ P. J. O’Rourke

Cheese is milk’s leap toward immortality. ~ Clifton Fadiman

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures. ~ M. F. K. Fisher

Tranquility is the old man’s milk. ~ Thomas Jefferson

All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. ~ Grant Wood

You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother’s milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese. ~ Luis Bunuel

Adversity’s sweet milk, philosophy. ~ William Shakespeare

A child is fed with milk and praise. ~ Mary Lamb

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