A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)


bloom see when the FURZE is in bloom, my love’s in tune; when the GORSE is out of bloom, kissing’s out of fashion. blow



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bloom see when the FURZE is in bloom, my love’s in tune; when the GORSE is out of bloom, kissing’s out of fashion.
blow see it’s an ILL wind that blows nobody any good; NORTH wind doth blow, we shall have snow; SEPTEMBER blow soft, till the fruit’s in the loft; STRAWS tell which way the wind blows.
BLUE are the hills that are far away
A northern proverb comparable to DISTANCE lends enchantment to the view. Green is sometimes found instead of blue. Cf. the GRASS is always greener on the other side of the fence.

  • 1887 T. H. HALL CAINE Deemster I. v. ‘What’s it sayin’,’ they would mutter, ‘a green hill when far away from me; bare, bare, when it is near.’ 1902 J. BUCHAN Watcher by Threshold IV. 236 ‘Blue are the hills that are far away’ is an owercome [common expression] in the countryside. 1914 Spectator 6 June 955 It is the habit of the Celt to create fanciful golden ages in the past—’Blue are the faraway hills,’ runs the Gaelic proverb. 1949 J. L. MORRISSEY Necktie for Norman iii. 21 It was so much like the attitude of the habitual stay-at-home. They say that ‘distant hills are always the greenest.’ absence; content and discontent

blush see TRUTH makes the Devil blush.
boat see a RISING tide lifts all boats.
body see CORPORATIONS have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned; if you SIT by the river for long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by.
boil see a WATCHED pot never boils.
bold see NOTHING so bold as a blind mare.
bolted see it is too late to shut the STABLE-door after the horse has bolted.
bond see an ENGLISHMAN’S word is his bond.
bone see what’s BRED in the bone will come out in the flesh; you BUY land you buy stones; a DOG that will fetch a bone will carry a bone; HARD words break no bones; the NEARER the bone, the sweeter the meat; STICKS and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me; while TWO dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.

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