A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

the APPLE never falls far from the tree BETTER a good COW.. BLOOD is thicker than water BLOOD will tell what’s BRED in the bone. ...

there is a REMEDY for everything except death STONE-dead hath no fellow finds see under gains and losses folly see fools; stupid ...

it is too late to shut the STABLE-door after the horse has bolted a STITCH in time saves nine the UNEXPECTED always happens it i ...

future COMING events cast their shadows before he that FOLLOWS freits, freits will follow him LONG foretold, long last.. NEVER i ...

getting and spending see also money; thrift EASY come, easy go what is GOT over the Devil’s back is spent under his belly LIGHT ...

set a BEGGAR on horseback.. the DEVIL looks after his own FULL cup, steady hand call no man HAPPY till he dies a RISING tide lif ...

MANY a little makes a mickle MANY a mickle makes a muckle the MOTHER of mischief is no bigger than a midge’s wing a MOUSE may he ...

it is a POOR heart that never rejoices harmony and disharmony BIRDS in their little nests agree a DEAF husband and a blind wife. ...

hints a NOD’S as good as a wink.. STRAWS tell which way the wind blows a WORD to the wise is enough history see also past happy ...

be CAREFUL what you pray for, you might get it the DARKEST hour is just before the dawn whosoever DRAWS his sword against the pr ...

because a MAN is born in a stable.. ONCE a —, always a — a ROLLING stone gathers no moss SCRATCH a Russian and you find a Tartar ...

idleness as good be an ADDLED egg as an idle bird it is as CHEAP sitting as standing the DEVIL finds work for idle hands.. an ID ...

improvement it is NEVER too late to mend NEW brooms sweep clean you can’t put NEW wine in old bottles when THINGS are at the wor ...

intimacy see familiarity just deserts see also retribution; revenge good AMERICANS when they die go to Paris none but the BRAVE ...

one LAW for the rich and another for the poor the more LAWS, the more thieves and bandits a man who is his own LAWYER has a fool ...

loss see under gains and losses love see also marriage ABSENCE makes the heart grow fonder BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder ...

the DEVIL’S children have the Devil’s luck DILIGENCE is the mother of good luck FOOLS for luck FORTUNE favours fools FORTUNE fav ...

CHANGE the name and not the letter.. why buy a cow when milk is so cheap? a DEAF husband and a blind wife.. DRIVE gently over th ...

SING before breakfast, cry before night methods see ways and means middle age a FOOL at forty is a fool indeed LIFE begins at fo ...

there is MEASURE in all things MODERATION in all things money see also getting and spending; just deserts BAD money drives out g ...