A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

the choicest ale. 1986 ‘C. AIRD’ Dead Liberty iv. A memory from A Midsummer Night’s Dream to do with Snout serving the office of ...

1980 ‘M. INNES’ Going It Alone I. x. There is a time for everything, and he hoped that, in the present exigency, Tim wasn’t goin ...

Arab proverb. The ‘learned Arab of the twelfth century’ (quot. 1923). has not been identified. 1876 E. RECLUS et al. Earth and I ...

Scientist 30 Mar. 7 ‘But if you look at the general principles, it’s a wonderful system,’ says Richard Mulligan.. ‘Time will tel ...

Cf. L. hodie mihi, cras tibi, today it is my turn, tomorrow yours. a 1250 Ancrene Wisse (1962) 143 Ille hodie, ego cras. He to d ...

MacNelly’s Shoe comic strip) ‘They say tomorrow never comes.’ ‘I sure hope so. That’s when I have a math test.’ future; procrast ...

You can have TOO much of good thing 1483 B. BURGH Cato in Archiv (1905) CXV. 313 To much is nouht of any maner thyng [too much o ...

tough see when the GOING gets tough, the tough get going. town see GOD made the country, and man made the town. TRADE follows th ...

He TRAVELS fastest who travels alone Cf. 1854 H. D. THOREAU Walden 78 The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels ...

disappear. 1928 D. H. LAWRENCE Lady Chatterley’s Lover iv. The mental life.. [is] rooted in spite and envy. .. Ye shall know the ...

Never TROUBLE trouble till trouble troubles you 1884 Folk-Lore Journal II. 280 Never trouble trouble, till trouble troubles you. ...

1920 M. PICKTHALL Islam and Progress 28 Trust in God but tie your camel. 1953 Religions: Journal of Transactions of Society for ...

reliable only up to a certain intake of the vino. drunkenness; truth TRUTH is the first casualty of war The originator of this s ...

1562 J. WIGAND De Neutralibus G6V The truth lyeth yet still drowned in the depe. 1578 H. WOTTON tr. J. Iver’s Courtly Controvers ...

try see you never KNOW what you can do till you try; if at first you don’t SUCCEED, try, try, try, again. tsar see GOD is high a ...

turkey see also on SAINT Thomas the Divine kill all turkeys, geese, and swine. TURN about is fair play 1755 Life of Captain Dudl ...

1732 POPE Epistles to Several Persons 1.102 ‘Tis Education forms the common mind, Just as the Twig is bent, the Tree’s inclined. ...

Similar to FOUR eyes see more than two. Quot. 2001 relies on a slang use of head to mean ‘lavatory’. c 1390 GOWER Confessio Aman ...

If TWO ride on a horse, one must ride behind 1598–9 SHAKESPEARE Much Ado about Nothing III. v. 34 An two men ride of a horse, on ...

so nasty. Caveat emptor, he used to say, it taking two to make a bargain. buying and selling It takes TWO to make a quarrel 1706 ...