COLLECTION OF
QUOTATIONS
ON THE INTERNET
|
|
THE MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF QUOTATIONS ON THE INTERNET |
|
|
Home Page |
GIGA Quotes |
Biographical Name Index |
Chronological Name Index |
Topic List |
Reading List |
Site Notes |
Crossword Solver |
Anagram Solver |
Subanagram Solver |
LexiThink Game |
Anagram Game |
To take counsel of one's pillow. - [Proverbial Phrases] To take him down a peg. - [Proverbial Phrases] To take one down a peg or two. - [Proverbial Phrases] To take one foot out the mire and put the other into it. - (Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To take one up before he is down. - [Proverbial Phrases] To take opportunity by the forelock. - (French, Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To take out a burning coal with another's hand. - (Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To take the bull by the horns. - [Proverbial Phrases] To take the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw. - (French) [Proverbial Phrases] To take the gilt off the gingerbread. - [Proverbial Phrases] To take the law into one's own hands. - [Proverbial Phrases] To take the rough with the smooth. - [Proverbial Phrases] To take the will for the deed. - [Proverbial Phrases] To take the wind out of one's sails. - [Proverbial Phrases] To take to your heels. - (Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To take two boars in one thicket. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To take Villadiego's boots. - (Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To tell tales out of school. - [Proverbial Phrases] To thrash one's jacket. - (Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To throw a sprat to catch a whale. - [Proverbial Phrases] To throw dust in one's eyes. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To throw good money after bad. - [Proverbial Phrases] To throw oil on flames. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To throw oil on the fire. - (Dutch) [Proverbial Phrases] To throw pearls before swine. - [Proverbial Phrases] To throw the halter after the ass. - (Italian) [Proverbial Phrases] To throw the helve after the hatchet. - (French, Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To throw the rope after the bucket. - (Italian) [Proverbial Phrases] To throw the stone and conceal the hand. - (Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To throw up a feather in the air, and see where it falls. - (Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To tread softly like a thief. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To turn an honest penny. - [Proverbial Phrases] To turn cat in pan. - [Proverbial Phrases] To turn fishmonger on Easter-eve. - (French) [Proverbial Phrases] To turn over a new leaf. - [Proverbial Phrases] To turn things upside down. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To undo crosses in a straw loft (i.e. to part all the straws that they may not lie crosswise; to be over nice). - (Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To unite that which cannot be united. To attempt an impossibility. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To untie the knot. [To solve a difficulty.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To use his own beast to fetch home evil. [To be the author of his own misery.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To wake a sleeping lion. - [Proverbial Phrases] To wash a blackamoor white. - (Dutch, Greek) [Proverbial Phrases] To wash dirty linen in public. - [Proverbial Phrases] To wash the Ethiopian. [Labour in vain.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve. - [Proverbial Phrases] To wear the breeches. - [Proverbial Phrases] To wear the willow. - [Proverbial Phrases] To weep at the tomb of a stepmother. [Hypocrisy.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To wet one's whistle. - [Proverbial Phrases] To whip the air. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] Displaying page 14 of 15 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 [14] 15
Support GIGA. Buy something from Amazon. |
|