A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

(Marcin) #1
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 the stones
the GREY mare is the better horse
HANGING and wiving go by destiny
MARRIAGE is a lottery
there goes more to MARRIAGE than four bare legs in a bed
MARRIAGES are made in heaven
never MARRY for money, but marry where money is
MARRY in haste and repent at leisure
MARRY in May, rue for aye
NEEDLES and pins,.. when a man marries, his trouble begins
WEDLOCK is a padlock
happy’s the WOOING that is not long a-doing
a YOUNG man married is a young man marred

marvels


the age of MIRACLES is past
WONDERS will never cease

masters and servants see employers and employees


meanness


PENNY wise and pound foolish
do not spoil the SHIP for a ha’porth of tar

means see ways and means


men and women see also marriage; wives and husbands


a GOOD Jack makes a good Jill
every JACK has his Jill
a MAN is as old as he feels..
what’s SAUCE for the goose is sauce for the gander

merriment


LAUGH and the world laughs with you..
LAUGHTER is the best medicine
it is MERRY in hall when beards wag all
the MORE the merrier
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