A's tint that's put in a riven dish.
All is lost that is put into a broken dish. Favours bestowed on ungrateful persons are thrown away.
As tired as a tyke o' langkail.
"Are ye fou already, Watty Walkinshaw? If ye mudge out o' that seat again this night, I'll mak you as sick o' pies and puddings as ever a dog was o' langkail."—The Entail.
As true as Biglam's cat crew, and the cock rocked the cradle.
"Spoken when we hear one call that true that we know to be a lye."—Kelly.
A' Stuarts are no sib to the king.
Although all of the same name, we are not of the same family. "There is some distance between Peter and Peter."—Spanish.
A sturdy beggar should hae a stout nae-sayer.
As wanton as a wet hen.