A cutty is a spoon with a stumpy handle or none at all. It is not a very convenient implement, but it will serve at a pinch.
A bad bush is better than the open field.
A wee bush is better nor nae bield.—Scotch.
Bield, shelter. A man's present occupation may not be lucrative, or his connections as serviceable as he could wish, but he should not therefore quit them until he has better.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
I will make a shaft or a bolt of it.
A shaft is an arrow for the longbow, a bolt is for the crossbow.
If I canna do it by might I'll do it by slight.—Scotch.
"It's best no to be rash," said Edie Ochiltree—
Sticking disna gang by strength, but by the guiding o' the gully.—Scotch.
A gully is a butcher's knife. There is a knack even in slaughtering a pig.
There goes reason to the roasting of eggs.
Many ways to kill a dog besides hanging him.