A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

down see up like a ROCKET, down like a stick; what goes UP must come down.
drag see with a SWEET tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair.
Whosoever DRAWS his sword against the prince must throw the scabbard away
Whoever seeks to assassinate or depose a monarch must remain constantly prepared to defend himself, and his sword will never be able to return to its scabbard.

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  1604 R. DALLINGTON View of France F3^V His King, against whom when yee drawe the sword, ye must throw the scabberd into the riuer. 1659 J. HOWELL Proverbs (English) 17 Who draweth his sword against his Prince, must throw away the scabbard. 1962 S. E. FINER Man on Horseback viii. [The Military] must still fear the results of a fall from power. .. ‘Whosoever draws his sword against the prince must throw the scabbard away’.. pithily express[es] the logic of the situation. "hope and despair; rulers
  

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draws see also BEAUTY draws with a single hair.
dread see a BURNT child dreads the fire.
dreader see EVIL doers are evil dreaders.
DREAM of a funeral and you hear of a marriage
An illustration of the principle of DREAMS go by contraries, the proverb is also found in the reverse form.

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  1639 J. CLARKE Paramiologia Anglo-Latina 236 After a dreame of weddings comes a corse [corpse]. 1766 GOLDSMITH Vicar of Wakefield x. My wife had the most lucky dreams in the world. .. It was one night a coffin and cross-bones, the signs of an approaching wedding. 1883 C. S. BURNE Shropshire Folklore xx. We have the sayings.. ‘Dream of a funeral, hear of a wedding’.. and vice versa. 1909 British Weekly 8 July 331 ‘Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage’.. has probably been verified many times in the experience of ordinary people. "dreams