A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

Thematic Index absence ABSENCE makes the heart grow fonder he who is ABSENT is always in the wrong the BEST of friends must part ...

the more you STIR it.. for WANT of a nail the shoe was lost.. WILFUL waste makes woeful want he who WILLS the end, wills the mea ...

there is always ROOM at the top many go out for WOOL and come home shorn anger a LITTLE pot is soon hot a SOFT answer turneth aw ...

the EYES are the windows of the soul FINE feathers make fine birds FIRST impressions are the most lasting a GOOD horse cannot be ...

BEAUTY draws with a single hair BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder BEAUTY is only skin-deep PLEASE your eye and plague your he ...

one ENGLISHMAN’S can beat three Frenchmen the KUMARA does not speak of its own sweetness MUCH cry and little wool SELF-PRAISE is ...

BUSINESS before pleasure BUSINESS is war CORPORATIONS have neither bodies to be punished.. EVERY man to his trade MONEY has no s ...

MAY chickens come cheeping NO moon, no man on SAINT Thomas the Divine kill all turkeys, geese, and swine it is not SPRING until ...

he GIVES twice who gives quickly KEEP your own fish-guts for your own sea-maws children Monday’s CHILD is fair of face.. the CHI ...

CIRCUMSTANCES alter cases CUT your coat according to your cloth no matter how long a LOG stays in the water.. it is a LONG lane ...

THREE may keep a secret.. TRUTH lies at the bottom of a well TRUTH will out conduct see also politeness CAESAR’S wife must be ab ...

ONCE a —, always a — ONCE a priest, always a priest ONCE a whore, always a whore a ROLLING stone gathers no moss content and dis ...

a BULLY is always a coward CONSCIENCE makes cowards of us all COWARDS die many times before their death don’t CRY before you’re ...

the HUSBAND is always the last to know in vain the NET is spread in the sight of the bird PROMISES, like pie-crust, are made to ...

diligence where BEES are, there is honey the BUSIEST men have the most leisure DILIGENCE is the mother of good luck the EARLY bi ...

doctors an APPLE a day keeps the doctor away the best DOCTORS are Dr Diet.. LAUGHTER is the best medicine PHYSICIAN, heal thysel ...

two BOYS are half a boy.. the BUSIEST men have the most leisure he who CAN does.. it doesn’t matter if a CAT is black or white.. ...

when GREEK meets Greek, then comes the tug of war there is no LITTLE enemy Englishness see national characteristics entertaining ...

the ROTTEN apple injures its neighbours he that TOUCHES pitch shall be defiled exception see under rules, general excess the LAS ...

TRAVEL broadens the mind extravagance see under getting and spending fair dealing give CREDIT where credit is due a fair EXCHANG ...