cock see also there’s many a GOOD cock come out of a tattered bag; the ROBIN and the
wren are God’s cock and hen.
COLD hands, warm heart1903 V. S. LEAN Collectanea III. 380 A cold hand and a warm heart. 1910 W. G.
COLLINGWOOD Dutch Agnes 206 I did take her hand. .. Cold hand, warm heart! 1927 J.
M. BARRIE Shall We join Ladies in Plays (1928) 840 I knew you would be on my side. ..
Cold hand—warm heart. That is the saying, isn’t it? 1962 E. LININGTON Knave of
Hearts xv. A hot, humid night, but her hands cold. Cold hands, warm heart. 1985 D. & S.
ROSEN Death & Blintzes xxvi. ‘Belle, your hands are cold,’ he said. ‘Cold hands, that’s
funny?’ ‘You know the old saying, “cold hands, warm heart”.’ lovecold see also (noun) as the DAY lengthens, so the cold strengthens; FEED a cold and
starve a fever; (adjective) REVENGE is a dish that can be eaten cold.
colour see a GOOD horse cannot be of a bad colour.come see ALL things come to those who wait; the BIGGER they are, the harder they fall;
don’t CROSS the bridge till you come to it; EASY come, easy go; never do EVIL that good
may come of it; FIRST come, first served; what GOES around comes around; all is GRIST
that comes to the mill; LIGHT come, light go; come LIVE with me and you’ll know me;
MARCH comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb; if the MOUNTAIN will not come to
Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain; when POVERTY comes in at the door, love
flies out of the window; QUICKLY come, quickly go; when THIEVES fall out, honest men
come by their own; TOMORROW never comes.
comfort see CHILDREN are certain cares, but uncertain comforts.COMING events cast their shadows before1803 T. CAMPBELL Poetical Works (1907) 159 ‘Tis the sunset of life gives me
mystical love, And coming events cast their shadows before. 1857 TROLLOPE
Barchester Towers II. v. The coming event of Mr. Quiverful’s transference to Barchester
produced a delicious shadow in the shape of a new outfit for Mrs. Quiverful. 1979 D.
LESSING Shikasta 231 ‘Coming events cast their shadows before.’ This Shikastan