Snapper, to stumble. Even the best of men may err.
A houndless hunter and a gunless gunner aye see routh o' game.
Applied to those who are always boasting of what they can do, when they know that there is no fear of their powers being tested.
A house built and a garden to grow never brought what they cost.
A house fu' o' folk, and a pouch wi' three fardens i' the corner o't, dinna sort weel thegither.
Poverty and a desire to keep up appearances do not "sort weel."
A house in a hastrie is downright wastrie.
A house wi' a reek and a wife wi' a reard will mak a man rin to the door.
"Smoke, a dripping roof, and a scolding wife, are enough to drive a man out of his life."—Spanish.
A hungry louse bites sair.