A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

(Marcin) #1
there is always ROOM at the top
many go out for WOOL and come home shorn

anger


a LITTLE pot is soon hot
a SOFT answer turneth away wrath
never let the SUN go down on your anger
it takes TWO to make a quarrel

animals


feed a DOG for three days..
DOGS look up to you..

anticipation see expectation


appearance


BE what you would seem to be
a BLIND man’s wife needs no paint
a CARPENTER is known by his chips
HANDSOME is as handsome does
PLEASE your eye and plague your heart
PRETTY is as pretty does
the PROOF of the pudding is in the eating
the TREE is known by its fruit

appearance, deceptive


an APE’S an ape, a varlet’s a varlet..
APPEARANCES are deceptive
BEAUTY is only skin-deep
you can’t tell a BOOK by its cover
never CHOOSE your women or your linen by candlelight
the COWL does not make the monk
all that GLITTERS is not gold
there’s many a GOOD cock come out of a tattered bag
there’s many a GOOD tune played on an old fiddle
no matter how long a LOG stays in the water..
STILL waters run deep

appearance, significant


CLOTHES make the man
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