canny cook that hae but ae egg to their dinner.

They draw the cat harrow.

"That is, they thwart one another."--_Kelly._

"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.

"Dunsh" is a word for which there is no perfect equivalent in
English. It means to jog or thrust in a violent manner; but those
who know its proper application will see how feeble these meanings
are. Jamieson approaches it when he says it is to "push as a mad
bull." The proverb here means that they upon whom we depend can do
with us as they please.

They may ken by your beard what ye had on your board.

They need muckle that will be content wi' naething.

They ne'er baked a gude cake but may bake an ill ane.

They ne'er gie wi' the spit but they gat wi' the ladle.

Or they never confer a small favour, or give a trifling gift, but
they expect a greater in return.

They ne'er saw great dainties that thought a haggis a feast.

They're a' ae sow's pick.

Or all one kind--all bad alike.

"They're a bonny pair," as the craw said o' his feet.

"They're a bonny pair," as the deil said o' his cloots.

They're a' gude that gies.

They're a' gude that's far awa.

They're a' tarr'd wi' ae stick.

"'For my part,' said Macwheeble, 'I never wish to see a kilt in the
country again, nor a red coat, nor a gun, for that matter, unless it
were to shoot a paitrick. They're a' tarr'd wi' ae
stick.'"--_Waverley._

They're aye gude will'd o' their horse that hae nane.

"He's free of his fruit that wants an orchard."--_English._

They're as thick as three in a bed.

"They're curly and crookit," as the deil said o' his horns.

They're