D

Daggers drawn, at,86

Dance attendance to,88,138

Dark as pitch,130

Dark side of picture,159,205

Daub yourself with honey,48

Day after the fair,167

Dead man, he is a,6

Dead men’s shoes,165

Dead men tell no tales,37

Deaf as a post, as,215

Death’s door, at,22,99

Devil and deep sea, between,107,158

Devil not so black as painted,96

Devil’s own luck,79

Devil was sick,96

Diamond cut diamond,63,92,125

Die in the gutter,175

Die is cast,213

Dine with Duke Humphrey,73

Dirt cheap,3

Discretion better part of valour,43

Disgorge ill-gotten gains,136

Distance lends enchantment,99

Do a thing yourself,5

Dog at a wedding,69

Dog bad name and hang,68

Dog better than dead lion, a living,90

Dog does not eat dog,80,153

Dog has his day, every,224

Dog in manger,69

Dog’s-ear a book,80

Dog will learn no tricks, an old,146

Done cannot be undone,117

Doomsday, to wait till,174

Door with creaking hinge,120

Down in the mouth,191

Down to the ground,4

Do your duty,95

Dover Court,207

Draught, to be in a,11

Draught, to drink at a,225

Draw in one’s horns, to,78

Dreams go by contraries,213

Drink at one gulp,225

Drink cup to dregs,41

Drink like a fish,40

Drop in the ocean,136

Drop too much, to have a,82

Dropping water wears away a stone,103

Drowning man catches at a straw,3

Drown the miller,232

Ducks and drakes, to play,145

Dull as ditchwater,44,133

Early to bed and early to rise,23

Easier said than done,39

East, west, home best,68

Edged tools, to play with,122

Edge off one’s appetite, to take,111

Eel, as slippery as an,16

Elbow one’s way,66

Elbow-room,81

End crowns all,124,172

End justifies the means,42

End to everything,46,221

English, in plain,221

Englishman’s house his castle,61

Enough is as good as a feast,78

Errors excepted,75

Even money,76

Ever drunk ever dry,40

Everybody’s business,16

Every dog has his day,58

Every inch a republican,88

Every Jack must have his Jill,192

Every little helps,170

Every man for himself,58,210

Everything comes man who waits,23

Extempore, to speak,2

Extremes meet,113

Eye to main chance,213

Face the music,193

Face is her fortune,27

Faint heart never won fair lady,143

Fair and softly goes far,12

Fair words butter no parsnips,149

Fair words never did harm,179

Fall between two stools, to,59

Familiarity breeds contempt,3

Far fetched,13

Fault confessed, half redressed,182

Feather one’s nest, to,44,126

Findings keepings,195

Fine clothes do not fill stomach,52

Fine feathers make fine birds,35

Finishing stroke,83

Finger in every pie,168

First catch your hare,182

First come, first served,95,194

First in the field,95

Fish, flesh, nor fowl,58

Fish in troubled waters,102

Fish out of water, like a,191

Fish to fry, other,63

Fit to a T,134

Fits and starts, to work by,33,43,209

Fix, to be in a,101,185

Flash in the pan,122

Flesh and blood, in,58

Flesh creep, to make one’s,58

Fool’s bolt is soon shot, a,148

Fools have the best luck,129

Foot foremost, to put one’s best,186

Foot in it, to put one’s,189

Forewarned, forearmed,26

Fortune knocks once,129

Fox to keep the geese, to set,153

Free and easy,3,135

French leave, to take,123

Friend at court,14

Friend in need is a friend indeed,13,37

Frying-pan into the fire, to fall from,47,64,122

Fuel to the fire, to add,146

Funky, to be,224

Game not worth candle,60

Gentlemanly,11

Get blood from a stone,144

Get out of bed the wrong side,43

Gift-horse in the mouth, to look at,49,66

Gift of the gab,149

Gild the pill,187

Give any one the slip,75

Give him an inch,48

Give the devil his due,95

Give twice who gives quickly,99

Glass houses throw stones,229

God helps those who help themselves,9

God sends thread for begun web,123

God tempers the wind,48

Go halves,76

Golden mean,162

Good as done,6,23

Good as gold, as,144

Good books, to be in one’s,177

Good breeding always tells,209

Good name better than riches,57

Good wine needs no bush,42,232

Gordian knot, to cut,226

Gospel, to take anything for,21

Go to Jericho,196

Grandmother to suck eggs,18,203

Grapes are sour,231

Grasp all, lose all,106

Great cry, little wool,50

Great wits jump together,111

Greek to him, it is,11

Grey mare the better horse,109,192

Grist to the mill,103

Grudge the food he eats,76

Grudge, to have a,28

Guilty conscience needs no accuser,113,199

Habit is second nature,40

Hackneyed,79

Hail-fellow-well-met,75,176

Hairs, to split,9

Hale and hearty,42

Half a loaf is better than no bread,138,182

Half in jest, half in earnest,123

Half seas over,232

Hall marked,78

Hand and glove together,44,99,116

Hands make light work, many,9

Hand to hand,80

Hand to mouth, to live from,147

Hanged for a sheep as a lamb,34,69,134

Happen what may,4,133

Hard up,21,210

Harm watch, harm catch,155

Harp on same string,60,107

Haste makes waste,141

Haul over the coals,211

Hawk from handsaw, not to know,178

Heads or tails,113

Hear both sides,71

Helping hand, to give a,84,154

Helve after hatchet,19

He who will not when he may,202

Hiding, to give a good,3

High winds blow on high hills,137

Hint, to take a,108

Hit the mark,122

Hit with a vengeance,154

Holloa before out of wood,69

Home, no place like,68,172

Home, to make oneself at,3

Honest man’s word,143,179

Honesty is the best policy,126

Honour among thieves,153

Honour to whom honour is due,59,211

Hook or crook,43

Hooligan,17

Hope, the last,188

Horse of another colour,25,156

Horse to grass, to send a,231

Horse, to ride the high,66

Host, to reckon without,76,143

House nor home,121

H’s, to drop one’s,89

Hue and cry,78

Hunger is the best sauce,18

Hunger tames the lion,115

Hungry as a hunter,111

Hungry man is an angry man,7

Hurry the less speed, the more,50

Idle brain the devil’s workshop,123

If wishes were horses,212,215

Ill bird fouls its own nest,169

Ill-licked cub,174

Ill news flies fast,18

Ill weeds grow apace,141

Ill wind blows no one good,42,156

Image of his mother, the very,87,107

Improve upon acquaintance, to,77

Indian file,199

In for a penny, in for a pound,34,40

Ins and outs, to know,129,226

In vino veritas,40

Irishman’s gun,86

Irons in fire, too many,63,151

Jack has his Jill, every,192

Jack of all trades,196,224

Jerry-built house,55

Joke, to be beyond a,146,200

Joker, a dry,207

Judge by appearances,163

Justice no respecter of persons,148

Keep a dog and bark thyself,228

Keep open house,217

Keep the ball rolling,139

Keep the pot boiling,158

Key of the street,59

Kick the bucket,187

Kill by inches, to,121

Killed on the spot,55

Kill two birds, to,82,187

Know from Adam, not to,77

Know, in the,55

Knowledge is power,210

Know nothing, doubt nothing,210

Knuckle under, to,215

Lady, a great,89

Last straw breaks camel’s back,46,103

Laugh best who laugh last,206

Laugh in forced manner,46

Laughing-stock,207

Laugh in one’s sleeve,31,53

Laugh on wrong side of face,207

Laugh to-day, cry to-morrow,206

Lazy people take most pains,178

Least said soonest mended,179

Leave no stone unturned,71,106

Leave well alone,38,162

Leave without beat of drum,92

Legal tender,86

Let cat out of the bag,159

Let sleeping dogs lie,64

Let those laugh who win,206

Lie unblushingly,21

Life and soul of party,47

Life in the old dog yet,43

Light as air,106

Lightly come, lightly go,126

Like as two peas, as,102

Like master, like man,155,218

Like sire, like son,69,209

Like will to like,58

Lion had need of the mouse,129

Lion’s mouth, to rush into,153

Little fellows are often great wits,209

Little pitchers have long ears,64

Little pot soon hot,185

Little rain lays much dust,1

Little strokes fell great oaks,184

Loan loses self and friend,13

Lock stable door,105

Long lane without turning,176

Long looked for comes at last,169

Look before you leap,124

Look gift-horse in mouth,49,66

Look sharp about it!232

Lose nothing for want of asking,206

Lose one’s head,45

Lot of good that will do,145

Love dies hard, true,10

Love laughs at locksmiths,14

Love me, love my dog,10

Lurch, to leave in the,188

Mackerel sky,120

Mad as a March hare,59,85

Make a cat laugh,187

Make best of bad job,42,129,146

Make hay while sun shines,30

Make mouth water,103

Man in the street,194

Man proposes,142

Manners change,25

Many a little makes a mickle,136,154,184,208

Many a true word spoken in jest,230

March winds and April showers,158

Mare better horse, the grey,109,192

Mare’s nest, to find a,185

Marines, to tell to,25

Mar-joy,227

Match for a person, no,67

Matter of course,12

Measure other’s peck,23

Men die as they live,218

Mess, to get into a,25,101,185

Mess, to make a pretty,6

Might is right,127,129

Milk and honey, flowing with,72

Milksop,227

Mince matters, not to,65,166

Mincemeat of, to make,139

Miserly father, spendthrift son,26

Misfortunes never come singly,21,156

Miss the mark,81

Money makes money,103

Money, to be made of,20

Money, ready,20

Moon made of green cheese,149

More frightened than hurt,185

More haste, less speed,50,65,141,195

More the merrier, the,130

Mountain out of molehill,166,171

Move on,71

Mow what you sow,176

Much ado about nothing,35

Much coin, much care,138

Much would have more,16,189

Murder king’s English, to,214

Nail right on head, to hit,99,107

Narrow shave,35

Nearer church,105,161

Necessity, mother of invention,176

Needle in bundle of hay,9

Nice goings on,34

Nick of time, to come in,21,54,190

Nine days’ wonder,7

No admittance,92

Noble to ninepence, to bring,214

No danger, no glory,228

No fear of that,90

No living man all things can,144

Nod is as good as wink to blind horse,57

None so deaf,109,215

No pay, no piper,20

No sooner said than done,23

Not at home,111

Nothing ask, nothing have,143

Nothing for nothing,205

Nothing succeeds like success,184

Nothing like leather,174

Nothing new, that is,77

Nothing venture, nothing win,206

No thoroughfare,181

No use my talking,28,35

Not in my line,204

Not up to date,225

Now or never,55


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