"For every lord, as he thought best,
Brocht in ane bird to fill the nest;
To be ane watcheman to his marrow,
They gan to draw at the cat-harrow."
—Sir David Lyndsay.
They'll flit in the Merse for a hen's gerse.
"They will flit for a matter of very small importance. Formerly in Berwickshire every hind was allowed to keep a few hens; and some of them actually removed for the sake of the hen's keep. Hence the saying."—G. Henderson.
They gang far aboot that never meet.
They'll gree better when they gang in by ither kirk doors.
Spoken of two persons who have quarrelled, meaning that they should avoid each other.
They maun be sune up that cheat the tod.
They maun hunger in frost that winna work in fresh.
They may dunsh that gie the lunch.