A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

masters and servants see employers and employees
meanness
PENNY wise and pound foolish
do not spoil the SHIP for a ha’porth of tar
means see ways and means
men and women see also marriage; wives and husbands
a GOOD Jack makes a good Jill
every JACK has his Jill a MAN is as old as he feels..
what’s SAUCE for the goose is sauce for the gander
merriment
LAUGH and the world laughs with you..
LAUGHTER is the best medicine it is MERRY in hall when beards wag all the MORE the merrier
SING before breakfast, cry before night
methods see ways and means
middle age
a FOOL at forty is a fool indeed
LIFE begins at forty
mischief see good and evil; wrongdoers
misfortune see also trouble
ACCIDENTS will happen..
ADVERSITY makes strange bedfellows if ANYTHING can go wrong, it will BAD news travels fast
BAD things come in threes the BIGGER they are..
the BLEATING of the kid excites the tiger the BREAD never falls..
CROSSES are ladders that lead to heaven it is no use CRYING over spilt milk it’s an ILL wind that blows nobody any good LIGHTNING never strikes the same place twice MAY chickens come cheeping do not MEET troubles halfway
MISERY loves company
MISFORTUNES never come singly
NO cross, no crown
the PITCHER will go to the well once too often it never RAINS but it pours
help you to SALT, help you to sorrow
the SHARPER the storm, the sooner it’s over many go out for WOOL and come home shorn
mistakes see error
moderation
ENOUGH is enough
the HALF is better than the whole
LESS is more
there is MEASURE in all things
MODERATION in all things
money see also getting and spending; just deserts
BAD money drives out good
the BEST things in life are free
a FOOL and his money are soon parted
you cannot serve GOD and Mammon
GOLD may be bought too dear
a GOLDEN key can open any door
KEEP your shop and your shop will keep you
the LABOURER is worthy of his hire
when the LAST tree is cut down,.. you will realize that you cannot eat money
never MARRY for money, but marry where money is
MONEY can’t buy happiness
MONEY has no smell
MONEY isn’t everything
MONEY is power
MONEY is the root of all evil
MONEY, like manure, does no good till it is spread
MONEY makes a man
MONEY makes money
MONEY makes the mare to go
MONEY talks
where there’s MUCK there’s brass
he that cannot PAY, let him pray
if you PAY peanuts, you get monkeys
he who PAYS the piper calls the tune
you PAYS your money and you takes your choice
take care of the PENCE..
SHROUDS have no pockets
SPEAK not of my debts unless you mean to pay them
mortality
ART is long and life is short
a CREAKING door hangs longest
we must EAT a peck of dirt before we die
THREATENED men live long