Oath, to take the,195
Ogre, to eat like an,157
Old as the hills,163,191,231
Old birds not caught with chaff,161
Old dog will learn no tricks,146
Old-fashioned, quite,146
Old maid,74
Old wives’ tales,78
Once and for all,42,58
Once bit, twice shy,63,201
Once in a blue moon,163
One door shuts, another opens,184
One good turn deserves another,62,146
One man can take horse to water,213
One man may steal a horse,166
One man’s meat,170
One scabby sheep,134
One swallow does not make a summer,86
Only this once,86
Open confession good for soul,26
Opportunity makes the thief,150
Out-Herod Herod,208
Out of debt, out of danger,95
Out of print,110
Out of sight, out of mind,73
Out of sorts,22,210
Out of the frying-pan,47
Out of world as out of fashion,130
Over head and ears,87
P’s and Q’s, to mind one’s,38
Pack becomes small pedlar, a small,185
Pay back in own coin, to,164
Pay, no piper, no,20
Pay the piper, to,182
Pay with promises,212
Pearls before swine, to cast,184
Penniless, to be,46,96
Penny saved is a penny earned,104,133
Penny wise and pound foolish,46,60
Peril proves who dearly loves,10
Pet aversion,37
Pickle, to be in a pretty,35,101
Pigeon-holed, to be,55
Pig in a poke, to buy a,3
Pin a day, groat a year,110
Pinch of salt,36
Pin drop, to hear a,216
Pins and needles, to be on,215
Piper, to pay the,182,232
Pitch and toss,187
Pitch, to touch,38
Pitcher that often goes to the well,18
Plain as a pikestaff,71
Plain English, in,131,165
Play the prude,190
Please the eye, fill the purse,229
Plenty makes dainty,215
Poaches on my preserves,49
Pocket an insult, to,8
Point-blank,46,50
Point, not to the,8,117
Point, to come to the,117,181
Poor as a church mouse,105
Possession nine points of law,192
Pot calls kettle black,131,183
Pot-luck,129
Pot soon hot, a little,185
Poverty in at door love out at window,126
Poverty is no crime,181
Practice makes perfect,115,128
Practise what one preaches, to,113
Precepts lead,113
Precious near it,118
Precious pair, a,87
Prefer advice to praise,78
Prettiness makes no pottage,35
Prig,192
Promises are like pie-crust,39
Proud as a peacock,122
Put shoulder to wheel,172
Quarrel about nothing, to,11
Queen Anne is dead,191
Queer fish,80,102
Quite between ourselves,98
Racket, to stand the,56,193
Rage, to be the,21,133
Rap, not worth a,121
Reach-me-down, a,91
Receiver as bad as thief,24,208
Red at night the shepherd’s delight,39
Red-handed,92
Reed, to trust to a broken,19
Refuse point-blank,168
Regular as clockwork,167,202
Repent at leisure,203
Return of post,85
Return to our subject,167
Riches, a good name better than,203
Ride rough-shod over,186
Ring down the curtain,223
Rob a church, he would,24
Rob Peter to pay Paul,91
Rod in pickle, to keep a,134
Roland for an Oliver,63,195
Rolling stone gathers no moss,187
Rome was not built in a day,20,117
Room for improvement,94
Room to swing a cat in, not,154
Rose has its thorn, every,207
Rough tools for rough work,135
Rough with smooth, to take,36
Rough with the smooth, to take,138
Routine, return to old,74
Row in same boat,85
Rub, there’s the,97,135,151
Rule men with rod of iron,29
Rule of thumb,168
Ruling passion strong in death,8
Run for your lives,210
Run headlong into trap,30
Run with hare and hunt with hounds,67,103
Sack, to give any one the,30
Safe bind, safe find,160
Saintly look, to put on a,17
Saint Swithin’s Day,159
Salt, not worth his,176
Salt on bird’s tail, to put,211
Same old story,203
Satan finds mischief still,173
Save appearances, to,92
Sea-legs, to have one’s,186
Secret, an open,191
Secret of two,211
See stars, to,59,111
Self-praise no recommendation,152
Sell like wildfire,108
Send about one’s business,109
Serves you right, it,23,38,117,176
Set a beggar on horseback,174
Set a thief to catch a thief,80
Set fox to keep geese,153
Seven-league boots,180
Shakes, no great,219
Shanks’ nag,97
Sharp as a needle, as,13
Sheep, the black,49
Shelf, to be put on the,201
Shilly-shallying,65
Shine at wrong end, to,217
Shirk work, never,74
Shoe lost for want of nail,16
Shoemaker’s wife the worst shod,65
Shoe pinches, where the,32
Shoot the moon,71,153,227
Short life and merry,19,42
Short reckonings make long friends,42
Shoulder, the cold,33
Show the white feather,53
Sick and tired of anything,101
Silence gives consent,78,165
Silent sow sucks wash,48
Silk purse out of sow’s ear,51
Silks and satins put out the kitchen fire,228
Silver spoon in one’s mouth,74
Sin, as ugly as,182
Six of one and half-a-dozen of another,43
Sixes and sevens,1,90
Skeleton in the cupboard,79
Skin a flint, to,144
Sleep like a top, to,100
Sleep upon it, to,77
Slippery as an eel,16
Slow and sure wins the race,12,65
Sly dog,75,125,166
Small parcels, fine wares,173,209
Smart for it,89
Smell of the lamp,143
Smoke, to end in,2
Smoke without fire, no,132
Snake in the grass,17
So many men,24
So much to the good,194
Song, to buy for a mere,3
Sooner the better,224
So-so,74
Sowing wild oats,136
Sow by wrong ear,152
Spade a spade, to call a,18,63
Spare the rod, spoil the child,10
Speak ill in absence,216
Speak of angels,152
Speech silvern, silence golden,179
Split difference, to,190
Split hairs,85
Split sides with laughter,44
Spoil ship for ha’porth of tar,60
Spoke in wheel, to put,33
Sprat to catch a herring,122,171
Stand the racket,56
Stake, your life is at,8,12
Stale news,191
Stare in the face, to,87,171
Stick no bills,7,91
Stick, to get hold of wrong end of,16
Still tongue, wise head,210
Still waters run deep,102
Sting is in the tail,199
Stirrup-cup,112
Stitch in time saves nine,190
Stolen joys are sweet,18,176
Stone unturned, to leave no,106
Store is no sore,2
Strain at a gnat,59
Strain every nerve, to,122,209
Straw breaks camel’s back, the last,46
Straw, not to care a,15,171
Stretch one’s legs,92
Strike while iron is hot,121
String to bow, more than one,201,216
Struck all of a heap,121
Stuck pigs, to look like,69
Stuff and nonsense, all,29,142
Style man himself,142
Success justifies the means,124
Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof,147
Sunday-best,107
Sweep, to make a clean,217
Tail between legs,32
Take after a person, to,11
Take care of the pence,104
Take it or leave it,149,158
Take law into own hands,200
Take the wall,181
Take time by forelock,30,67
Take a wise man to be a fool,130
Tale never loses in telling,152
Talking to the air,61
Tastes differ,136
Tell that to the marines,25
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,172
Tether, to be at end of,79
Thames on fire, to set the,193
That crowns all,157
That’s the way of the world,156
There is many a slip,84
Thick as thieves,150
Things, where are my,5
Thorns, to be on,51
Those who lose pay,34
Threats light as air,106
Time is money,221
Tip the porter,158
Tip-top,234
Tit-bit,45
Tit for tat,63
Tom, Dick, and Harry,223
Too many cooks spoil broth,209
Too much of a good thing,146
Topsy-turvy,94,211
Travellers tell fine tales,160
Trespassers will be prosecuted,92
Tricks, to be at one’s old,116
Truth stranger than fiction,234
Truth will out,147,230
Turn in all standing,81
Turn over new leaf,182
Turn to play,27
Two can play at that game,146
Two heads better than one,26
Two of a trade,163
Two’s company,95
Up to date,124
Up to-day, down to-morrow,58
Vengeance, to rain with a,18
Verbum sap.,26,108,165
Very man, the,118
Watched pot never boils,94
Water off duck’s back,89
Water one’s wine, to,232
Weakest go to the wall,34
Week of Sundays,211
Well begun is half done,75
Well, I never!192
Wet blanket,147
Wet to the skin,215
What a to-do,6
What cannot be cured,82
What is done cannot be undone,203
What is one man’s meat,170
When at Rome do as Rome does,152
When Greeks joined Greeks,125
When in doubt,101
When thieves fall out,234
When world was young,219
Where there’s a will,124,234
While there’s life,219
Whip-hand,32,47
Whistling woman,120
White elephant,105
Wholesale and retail,138
Whole show,47
Who lives longest sees most,232
Wild horses would not make him speak,223
Wilful waste makes woeful want,93
Will is as good as deed,145,234
Willy-nilly,137
Wind and weather permitting,219
Wishes were horses, if,212,215
Wish is father to thought,88
Woman’s instinct,120
Word to the wise, a,26,108,209
Work like a nigger,198
Workman blames tools, a bad,175
Worst come to worst,12
Worst wheel makes most noise,50
Worth his weight in gold,184
Worth a brass farthing, not,92
Wrong end of stick,16
Yellow as a guinea,145
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