A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

direct all its energy into fighting the fever. health

feed see the CARIBOU feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf who keeps the caribou strong; feed
a DOG for three days and he will remember your kindness for three years...

feel see a MAN is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks; PRIDE feels no
pain.

feet see BETTER to die on your feet than live on your knees; the CAT would eat fish, but
would not wet her feet; also FOOT.

fell see LITTLE strokes fell great oaks.

fellow see STONE-dead hath no fellow.

The FEMALE of the species is more deadly than the male.

The phrase the female of the species is often used with allusion to the proverb.

1911 R. KIPLING in Morning Post 20 Oct. 7 The she-bear thus accosted rends the

peasant tooth and nail, For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. 1922

WODEHOUSE Clicking of Cuthbert ix. The Bingley-Perkins combination, owing to some

inspired work by the female of the species, managed to keep their lead. 1979 Guardian 28

Apr. 12 We know phrases about the female of the species being more deadly than the

male, but the suffragettes.. seemed to have gone into.. abeyance. women

fence see GOOD fences make good neighbours; the GRASS is always greener on the other
side of the fence.

fetch see a DOG that will fetch a bone will carry a bone.

fever see FEED a cold and starve a fever.

few see MANY are called but few are chosen; you WIN a few, you lose a few.