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