Applied to persons who make a show of displeasure at anything which may be said or done to them.
It keeps his nose at the grundstane.
It maun e'en be ower shoon ower boots wi' me now.
That is, since I have gone so far in the matter, I must go through with it. "In for a penny in for a pound."—English.
It may be that swine may flee, but it's no an ilka day's bird.
An emphatic expression of incredulity at an extraordinary, or what may be deemed improbable, statement.
It may be true what some men say; it maun be true what a' men say.
It may come in an hour what winna gang in seven years.
It's a bare moor that ye gang through an' no get a heather cow.
A "heather cow," a twig or tuft of heath. Equivalent to the English saying, "It is a long lane that has no turning."