A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

window see the EYES are the window of the soul; when POVERTY comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.
When the WINE is in, the wit is out
Wit is used in the sense of ‘intelligence’, rather than ‘clever or amusing talk’.

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  с 1390 GOWER Confessio Amantis VI. 555 For wher that wyn doth wit aweie [does away with wit], Wisdom hath lost the rihte weie [path]. 1529 MORE Dialogue of Images III. xvi. Whan the wyne were in and the wyt out, wolde they take vppon them.. to handle holy scrypture. 1560 T. BECON Works I. 536^V When the wine is in, the wit is out. 1710 S. PALMER Proverbs 18 When the Wine’s In, the Wit’s Out. 1854 J. W. WARTER Last of Old Squires vi. None is a Fool always, every one sometimes. When the Drink goes in, then the Wit goes out. 1937 V. WILKINS And so—Victoria iii. Remember what I told you last night—that with wine in, wits go out. "drunkenness
  

wine see also GOOD wine needs no bush; you can’t put NEW wine in old bottles; from the SWEETEST wine, the tartest vinegar; there is TRUTH in wine.
wing see a BIRD never flew on one wing; the MOTHER of mischief is no bigger than a midge’s wing.
wink see a NOD‘S as good as a wink to a blind horse.
wins see SLOW and steady wins the race.
WINTER never rots in the sky

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  1621 J. HALL Contemplations XIII in Recollections 32 God.. chooses out a fit season for the execution; As we vse to say of winter, the iudgements of God doe neuer rot in the skie, but shall fall (if late, yet) surely. 1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 42 Winter never rots in the sky. 1817 W. BENTLEY Diary 24 Jan. (1914) IV. 434 ‘Winter does not rot in the sky.’ We have a deep snow and for the first time this season the Earth is completely covered. 1959 Boston Herald 13 Mar. 42 Winter never rots in the sky, says the old proverb. ■ retribution
  

winter see also if CANDLEMAS day be sunny and bright, winter will have another flight; a GREEN Yule makes a fat churchyard; the RICH man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the winter.