A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

NO penny, no paternoster

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  1528 W. TYNDALE Obedience of Christian Man fo. lxxxiiV After the commune sayenge, no peny no Pater noster. 1648 HERRICK Hesperides 302 Who..Can’t send for a gift A Pig to the Priest for a Roster [roast], Shall heare his Clarke say, .. No pennie, no Pater Noster. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 259 No Penny, no Pater Noster. 1925 J. I. C. CLARKE My Life ix. If the churchly motto ‘No penny, no Paternoster’ was true, how could a church.. stay downtown when its congregation was moving north. 1940 D. TEILHET Broken Face Murders ii. No penny, no paternoster. I neither pay the piper nor do I dance. *just deserts
  

no see also HALF a loaf is better than no bread; there’s no great LOSS without some gain; there’s no PLACE like home; if there were no RECEIVERS, there would be no thieves; there is no ROYAL road to learning; SEE no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; SHROUDS have no pockets; no SMOKE without fire; TIME and tide wait for no man; no TIME like the present.
nobody see EVERYBODY’S business is nobody’s business; it’s an ILL wind that blows nobody any good.
A NOD’s as good as a wink to a blind horse
A fanciful assertion, often abbreviated as in quot. 1822, that the slightest hint is enough to convey one’s meaning in the case.

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  1794 W. GODWIN Caleb Williams I. viii. Say the word; a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 1822 B. MALKIN Gil Blas (rev. ed.) I. II. ix. I shall say no more at present; a nod is as good as a wink. 1925 S. O’CASEY Shadow of Gunman in Two Plays I. 142 You needn’t say no more—a nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse. 1979 L. MEYNELL Hooky & Villainous Chauffeur vi. The way he behaves.. Other men’s wives. Still, I expect you know as much about that as I do. . . They say a nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse. 1992 W. DONALDSON Root into Europe ii. 34 Got a good PR machine working for you, I expect. Say no more. .. Nod’s as good as a wink. "hints; tact