aint requires to be made, make it openly and
straightforwardly, instead of continuing to fret about it in an
indirect manner.

Better the barn filled than the bed.

Because a full barn denotes prosperity, a full bed trouble.

Better the end o' a feast than the beginning o' a fray.

Better the mother wi' the pock, than the faither wi' the sack.

"The mother, though in a low condition, will be more kindly to, and
more careful of, orphans, than the father can be, though in a
better."--_Kelly._

Better the ill ken'd than the gude unken'd.

Better the nag that ambles a' the day than him that makes a brattle for
a mile and then's dune wi' the road.

Better thole a grumph than a sumph.

Be troubled rather by an intelligent, though surly man, than by a
stupid one.

Better tine life than gude fame.

"I might hae fled frae this Tolbooth on that awfu' night wi' ane wha
wad hae carried me through the warld, and friended me, and fended
for me. But I said to them, Let life gang when gude fame is gane
before it."--_Heart of Midlothian._

Better tine your joke than tine your friend.

Better to haud than draw.

Better to rule wi' the gentle hand than the strang.

Better twa skaiths than ae sorrow.

"Losses may be repaired, but sorrow will break the heart and ruin
the constitution."--_Kelly._

Better unkind than ower cumbersome.

Better unmarried than ill married.

Better wade back mid water than gang forward and drown.

Rather withdraw from a bargain or position found likely to prove bad
or dangerous than proceed with either in hopes of improvement.

Better wait on cooks than leeches.

Better wear shoon than wear sheets.

Better you laugh than I greet.

Meaning, I would rather be ridiculed for not doing a thing, than do
it and be sorry for it.

Better your feet slip than your tongue.

Between Martinmas and Yule, water's wine in every pool.

Between the deil and the deep sea.

Between two extremes equally dangerous.

"I fell into Claverhouse's party when I was seeking for some o' our
ain folk to help ye out o' the hands o' the whigs; sae, being atween
the deil and the deep sea, I e'en thought it best to bring him on
wi' me, for he'll be wearied wi' felling folk the night, and the
morn's a new day."--_Old Mortality._

Between three and thirteen, thraw the woodie when it's green.

Train the minds and