April borrows three days of March, and they are ill.
Meaning: Early spring often turns wintry again, as harsh as the month just past.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Challenge
- Bachelors grin, but married men laugh till their hearts ache. — A bachelor's idle grin can't match the fuller joys — and aches — of married life.
- Bring not a bagpipe to a man in trouble. — Unwanted noise or distraction worsens suffering; provide comfort matching the sufferer's…
- There's no great banquet but some fare ill. — Even at abundance's height, someone's needs remain unmet or dissatisfied.
- A man may bear till his back breaks. — Endless patience and burden-carrying eventually reach a breaking point beyond which colla…
- Bear with evil and expect good. — Enduring hardship with patience and moral steadiness attracts positive outcomes and rewar…
- Beggars on horseback will ride to the devil. — Sudden wealth corrupts those unaccustomed to fortune, driving them toward ruin through ex…
From our idioms
- 등잔 밑이 어둡다 (Deungjan mit-i eodupda) — The answer is overlooked right under your nose.
- 우물에 가 숭늉 찾는다 (Umure ga sungnyung channeunda) — To demand results with absurd impatience.
- Iets met de Franse slag doen — To do it carelessly and half-heartedly.