A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

dogs, you will get up with fleas; NOTHING should be done in haste but gripping a flea.

flesh see what’s BRED in the bone will come out in the flesh.

flew see a BIRD never flew on one wing.

flight see BLESSINGS brighten as they take their flight.

float see if you SIT by the river for long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float
by.

flock see BIRDS of a feather flock together.

flower see APRIL showers bring forth May flowers.

fly see (noun) EAGLES don’t catch flies; HONEY catches more flies than vinegar; a
SHUT mouth catches no flies; (verb) TIME flies; also FLEW.

flying see it is good to make a BRIDGE of gold to a flying enemy.

folk see DIFFERENT strokes for different folks; there’s NOWT so queer as folk; YOUNG
folks think old folks to be fools, but old folks know young folks to be fools.

follow see TRADE follows the flag.

He that FOLLOWS freits, freits will follow him

A Scottish proverb. He that looks for portents of the future will find himself dogged by
them. Freits are omens.

c 1700 in J. Pinkerton Scottish Tragic Ballads (1781) I. 47 Wha luik to freits, my

master deir, Freits will ay follow them. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 128 He that

follows Freets, Freets will follow him. He that notices superstitious Observations (such as

spilling of Salt).. it will fall to him accordingly. 1804 M. PARK in Lockhart Life of Scott