ach.

It will be lang ere you wear to the knee lids.

It will be the last word o' his testament.

That is, he will delay doing a thing as long as possible.

It will come out yet, like hommel corn.

"Hommel corn," grain that has no beard. The meaning of the proverb
is, that on account of particular circumstances, a certain result
may be expected in due time.

It will haud out an honest man, but naething 'll haud out a rogue.

It will mak a braw show in a landward kirk.

Spoken when a person is asked to give an opinion of something which
is considered vulgar--that a gaudy article of dress will look well
in a country church--but only there.

It would be a hard task to follow a black dockit sow through a burnt
muir this night.

It would be a pity to hae spoilt twa houses wi' them.

"Spoken when two ill-natured people are married."--_Kelly._

It would do a blind man gude to see't.

I will add a stane to his cairn.

A "cairn" is a heap of stones thrown together in a conical form to
mark the grave, or in memory, of a person. To add a stone may mean,
proverbially, that a person will bear testimony to the good
qualities of another.

"I winna mak a toil o' a pleasure," quo' the man when he buried his
wife.

"A man going under his wife's head to the grave was bid go faster,
because the way was long and the day short; answered, 'I will not
make a toil of a pleasure.'"--_Kelly._

I wat weel how the world wags; he's best lik'd wha has maist bags.

I winna mak fish o' ane an' flesh o' anither.

I will favour no one, but will treat all alike.

I wish I had a string in his lug.

I wish it may be the first sight ye'll see.

An expression used when a person is telling that he has received a
promise of something welcome--it may be payment of an outstanding
account.

I wish you had brose to lay the hair o' your beard.

I wish you had wist what you said.

I wish you may hae as muckle Scotch as tak you to your bed.

"Spoken when our companions, beginning to take with the drink,
begin to speak Latin, ... believing that by and by they will be at
that pass that they will be able to speak no language."--_Kelly._

I wish you may lamb in your lair, as mony a good ewe has done.

I wish you readier meat than a rinnin' hare.

I wish you the gude o't that the dogs get o' grass.

I wish you were able, e'en though you didna do't.