A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

ransom see a PECK of March dust is worth a king’s ransom.
rat see the CAT, the rat, and Lovell the dog, rule all England under the hog.
reach see STRETCH your arm no further than your sleeve will reach.
reap see as you SOW, so you reap; they that SOW the wind shall reap the whirlwind.
There is REASON in the roasting of eggs
There is reason behind every action, however odd it may seem.

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  1659 J. HOWELL Proverbs (English) 12 Ther’s reason in rosting of Eggs. 1785 J. BOSWELL Journal of Tour of Hebrides 24 (note) Every man whatever is more or less a cook, in seasoning what he himself eats.—Your definition is good, said Mr. Burke, and I now see the full force of the common proverb, ‘There is reason in roasting of eggs’. 1867 TROLLOPE Last Chronicle of Barset II. lxxv. But there’s reason in the roasting of eggs, and.. money is not so plentiful.. that your uncle can afford to throw it into the Barchester gutters. 1915 SOMERVILLE & ROSS In Mr. Knox’s Country ix. I seemed to myself merely an imbecile, sitting in heavy rain, staring at a stone wall. Half an hour, or more, passed. ‘I’m going out of this,’ I said to myself defiantly; ‘there’s reason in the roasting of eggs.’ ■idiosyncrasy
  

recalled see things PAST cannot be recalled.
receive see it is BETTER to give than to receive.
If there were no RECEIVERS, there would be no thieves

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  c 1390 CHAUCER Cook’s Tale 1. 4415 There is no theef with-oute a lowke [accomplice], That helpeth hym to wasten and to sowke [cheat]. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs I. xii. F1 This prouerbe preeues, Where be no receyuers, there be no theeues. 1614 T. ADAMS Devil’s Banquet II. 67 The Calumniator is a wretched Thiefe, and robs man of the best thing he hath. .. But if there were no receiuer, there would be no Thiefe. 1884 R. JEFFERIES Red Deer v. No one would buy a stolen deer, knowing the inevitable consequences, and as there are no receivers.. there are no thieves. 1926 Times 22 Nov. 11 It had often been said in those Courts that if there were no receivers there would be no thieves. ■ associates; wrong-doers