A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

queer see there’s NOWT so queer as folk.

quench see DIRTY water will quench fire.

question see ASK a silly question and you get a silly answer; ASK no questions and hear
no lies; a CIVIL question deserves a civil answer; FOOLS ask questions that wise men cannot
answer; there are TWO sides to every question.

QUICKLY come, quickly go

Similar to EASY come, easy go.

1583 B. MELBANCKE Philotimus 151 Quickly spent, thats easely gotten. 1631 J.

MABBE tr. F. de Rojas’ Celestina I. 8 Quickly be wonne, and quickly be lost. 1869 W. C.

HAZLITT English Proverbs 322 Quickly come, quickly go. 1947 C. MACKENZIE

Whisky Galore iii. Quick come, quick go. The wind got up in a moment and it will drop

just as suddenly. 1979 N. GOLLER Tomorrow’s Silence iv. ‘Was he alright when you

came home?’.. ‘Yes, what comes quickly must go quickly, that’s what I say.’ getting

and spending

quickly see also he GIVES twice who gives quickly.

quiet see the best DOCTORS are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, and Dr Merryman.

quote see the DEVIL can quote Scripture for his own ends.