قراءة كتاب Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words

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Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
With a Copious Index of Principal Words

Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words

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class="hang">44. Asking. Lose nothing for asking.

45. Ass. The ass that brays most, eats least.

46. Ass. Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses.

47. August.

August dry and warm,
Harvest doth no harm.

48. August.

If the twenty-fourth of August be fair and clear,
Then hope for a prosperous autumn that year.

49. August. A wet August never brings dearth.

50. Author. Like author, like book.

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51. Bachelors. Bachelors grin, but married men laugh till their hearts ache.

52. Bachelors' wives. Bachelors' wives and maids' children are always well taught.

53. Bad. Where bad's the best, naught must be the choice.

54. Bad company. Better be alone than in bad company.

55. Bad day. A bad day never hath a good night.

56. Bad market. He that cannot abide a bad market deserves not a good one.

57. Bagpipe. Bring not a bagpipe to a man in trouble.

58. Bags. He is most loved that hath most bags.

59. Bail. Be bail and pay for it.

60. Balance. The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead.

61. Bald head. A bald head is soon shaven.

62. Banquet. There's no great banquet but some fare ill.

63. Barber's chair. Like a barber's chair, fit for every buttock.

64. Barber. One barber shaves not so close but another finds work.

65. Barefooted. Barefooted men should not tread on thorns.

66. Bare foot. Better a bare foot than no foot at all.

67. Bargain. Make the best of a bad bargain.

68. Bargain. A bargain is a bargain.

69. Bargain. At a great bargain make a great pause.

70. Bark. What! keep a dog and bark myself?

71. Barkers. The greatest barkers are not always the sorest biters.

72. Barley.

When the sloe-tree is as white as a sheet,
Sow your barley,

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