| Term | Definition |
| m | Mair than eneuch is ower muckle. |
| m | Mair nice than wise . |
| m | Marriage wad tame the sea, if a match could be got for her. |
| m | Mairch comes like a lion an gangs like a lamb. |
| m | Mak Ane pair o legs worth twa pair o hands |
| m | Mist in Mey an heat in June mak the hervest richt suin. |
| m | Marry yer son when ye will, but yer dochter when ye can. |
| m | Malice is aye mindfu. |
| m | Man proposes, God disposes. |
| m | Money's like the muck midden, it deas nae guid till it be spreed. |
| m | Meat feeds, claith cleeds, but breedin maks the man. |
| m | Mills an wifes is aye wantin. |
| m | Mebbie's a big wurd. |
| m | Mony a dug heas dee'd sin ye war whelped. |
| m | Money maks an money mars. |
| m | Mony ane kisses the bairn for love o the nurse. |
| m | Mony a guid tale is spyled in the tellin. |
| m | Muckledom is nae virtue. |
| m | Muckle gifts maks beggars bauld. |
| m | Mony weys to kill a dug tho ye dinna hang him. |
| m | Mony words, muckle drouth. |
| m | Muckle is nae measure. |
| m | Muckle corn, muckle care. |
| m | Muck an money gae thegither. |
| m | Mony littles maks a muckle. |
| m | Nae fleein frae fate. |
| m | Muckle wi thrift can aye be mair. |
| m | Muckle wad aye hae mair. |
| m | My tongue's no ablo yer belt. |
| m | Muckle heid, little wit. |