"We hounds slew the hare," quo' the messan.
Welcome's the best dish in the kitchen.
We'll bark oursels ere we buy dogs sae dear.
Addressed to persons who ask exorbitant prices for their wares: meaning that sooner than agree to their terms, we will do without the article altogether.
We'll bear wi' the stink when it brings in the clink.
We'll meet ere hills meet.
"Men may meet: but mountains never."—English.
We'll ne'er big sandy bourochs thegither.
"This refers," says Jamieson, "to the custom of children building houses in the sand for sport." The proverb means, after such an occurrence we need never expect to be on terms of intimacy again.
We maun a' gang ae gate.