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To bend the bow of Ulysses. - [Proverbial Phrases] To bind a dog with the gut of a lamb. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To bite the lip. [To manifest indignation.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To blow hot and cold in the same breath. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To blow hot and cold. - (French) [Proverbial Phrases] To blow one's own trumpet. - [Proverbial Phrases] To break my head and then give me a plaster. - [Proverbial Phrases] To break Priscian's head. - [Proverbial Phrases] To break the constable's head, and take refuge with the sheriff. - (Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To break the ice. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To break the rope by overstraining. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To bring a noble to ninepence. - [Proverbial Phrases] To bring down two apples with one stick. - (Dutch) [Proverbial Phrases] To bring haddock to paddock. - [Proverbial Phrases] To bring out the implements of war, when the battle is over. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To bruise the head of the serpent. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To build castles in the air. - (Dutch, French) [Proverbial Phrases] To burn one's boats. - [Proverbial Phrases] To burn out a candle in search of a pin. - (French) [Proverbial Phrases] To burn the candle at both ends. - [Proverbial Phrases] To bury the hatchet. - [Proverbial Phrases] To buy a cat in a poke. - (French) [Proverbial Phrases] To buy a pig in a poke. - [Proverbial Phrases] To buy and sell and live by the loss. - [Proverbial Phrases] To cackle and lay no egg. - (Portuguese, Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To call a spade a spade. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To carry a lantern in mid-day. - (French) [Proverbial Phrases] To carry coals to Newcastle. - (Dutch) [Proverbial Phrases] To carry fir-trees to Norway. - (Dutch) [Proverbial Phrases] To carry on the head. [i.e., To love dearly.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To carry two faces under one hood. - [Proverbial Phrases] To carry water in a sieve. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To carry water to the river. - (French) [Proverbial Phrases] To carry water to the sea. - (Dutch, German, Portuguese) [Proverbial Phrases] To carry wood to the forest. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To cast a dart without any fixed mark or aim. [To have no settled purpose.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To cast in a smelt to catch a codfish. - (Dutch) [Proverbial Phrases] To cast out the mote from the eye of another. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To cast pearls before swine. - (Dutch, Italian) [Proverbial Phrases] To cast water into the sea. - [Proverbial Phrases] To catch a hare with a cart. - (Italian) [Proverbial Phrases] To catch a hare with a tabret. - [Proverbial Phrases] To catch a Tartar. - [Proverbial Phrases] To catch a weasel asleep. - [Proverbial Phrases] To catch the shower in a sieve. [To lose one's time and pains.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To catch two pigeons with one bean. - (Italian) [Proverbial Phrases] To change the course we have begun for the better. - [Proverbial Phrases] To checkmate your adversary. To leave him not a leg to stand on. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To clip his wings. - [Proverbial Phrases] To comb one's head with a stool. - [Proverbial Phrases] Displaying page 7 of 15 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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