A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

age see middle age; old age; youth
agreement see under harmony and disharmony
ambition
hasty CLIMBERS have sudden falls
the HIGHER the monkey climbs..
if you are not the LEAD dog, the view never changes up like a ROCKET..
there is always ROOM at the top
many go out for WOOL and come home shorn
anger
a LITTLE pot is soon hot
a SOFT answer turneth away wrath
never let the SUN go down on your anger
it takes TWO to make a quarrel
animals
feed a DOG for three days..
DOGS look up to you..
anticipation see expectation
appearance
BE what you would seem to be
a BLIND man’s wife needs no paint
a CARPENTER is known by his chips
HANDSOME is as handsome does
PLEASE your eye and plague your heart
PRETTY is as pretty does
the PROOF of the pudding is in the eating
the TREE is known by its fruit
appearance, deceptive
an APE’S an ape, a varlet’s a varlet..
APPEARANCES are deceptive
BEAUTY is only skin-deep
you can’t tell a BOOK by its cover
never CHOOSE your women or your linen by candlelight the COWL does not make the monk
all that GLITTERS is not gold
there’s many a GOOD cock come out of a tattered bag there’s many a GOOD tune played on an old fiddle no matter how long a LOG stays in the water . .
STILL waters run deep
appearance, significant
CLOTHES make the man
the EYES are the windows of the soul
FINE feathers make fine birds
FIRST impressions are the most lasting a GOOD horse cannot be of a bad colour what you SEE is what you get
army see under soldiers
assistance
EVERY little helps
FOUR eyes see more than two
MANY hands make light work a MOUSE may help a lion if you’re not part of the SOLUTION.. everyone SPEAKS well of the bridge.. TOO many cooks spoil the broth TWO heads are better than one do not call a WOLF to help you against the dogs
associates see also example, good and bad; friends
where BEES are, there is honey BIG fleas have little fleas..
BIRDS of a feather flock together
CAESAR’S wife must be above suspicion where the CARCASE is..
a man is known by the COMPANY he keeps the DEVIL looks after his own
if you LIE down with dogs..
LOVE me, love my dog
MORE people know Tom Fool..
POLITICS makes strange bedfellows
if there were no RECEIVERS, there would be no thieves the ROTTEN apple injuries its neighbours there is SAFETY in numbers
the SUN loses nothing by shining into a puddle he who SUPS with the Devil should have a long spoon he that TOUCHES pitch shall be defiled