What ye gie shines aye, what ye get smells ill next day.
What ye want up and doun you hae hither-and-yont.
"'Hither-and-yont,' topsy turvy; in a disjointed state."—Jamieson.
If you have not the thing complete, you have everything necessary for making it so.
What ye win at that ye may lick aff a het girdle.
The inference is that his prospect of success is very poor.
What your ee sees your heart greens for.
When ae door steeks anither opens.
As one door shuts another opens: as one opportunity is lost another occurs.
When a ewie's drowned she's dead.