Proverbial Phrases Quotes
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To give importance to trifling matters. (Quote by - John Heywood)
Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring. (Quote by - Tom Brown)
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing. (Quote by - John Heywood)
As cold as cucumbers. (Quote by - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)
This is a pretty flimflam. (Quote by - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)
To have a smattering knowledge of anything. (Quote by - George Chapman)
No better than you should be. (Quote by - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires. (Quote by - John Heywood)
Add to golden numbers golden numbers. (Quote by - Thomas Dekker)
By hooke or crooke. (Quote by - John Heywood)
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd. And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd. (Quote by - Samuel Butler)
The fat's all in the fire. (Quote by - Cobbe)
The coast was clear. (Quote by - Michael Drayton)
With tooth and nail. (Quote by - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas)
As clear as a whistle. (Quote by - John Byrom)
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire. (Quote by - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
To grow a philosopher's beard. (Quote by - John Heywood)
Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. (Quote by - William Cobbett)
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet. (Quote by - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)
Make ducks and drakes with shillings. (Quote by - George Chapman)
A nail in the wound. (Quote by - George Chapman)
As leopard feels at home with leopard. (Quote by - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas)
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain. (Quote by - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas)
Like his that lights a candle to the sun. (Quote by - Andrew Fletcher, Lord Innerpeffer)
Something given that way. (Quote by - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)
Within a stone's throw of it. (Quote by - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
Made no more bones. (Quote by - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas)
Diamonds cut diamonds. (Quote by - John Ford)
As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell. (Quote by - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)
Put himself upon his good behavior. (Quote by - George Gordon Noel Byron)
Turn over a new leaf. (Quote by - Edmund Burke)
A precious pair of brothers (Quote by - John Heywood)
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him. (Quote by - George Chapman)
A thorn in the flesh. (Quote by - Bible)
Moche Crye and no Wull. (Quote by - Sir John Fortescue)
Needle in a bottle of hay. (Quote by - Nathaniel Field)
To cut a whetstone with a razor. (Quote by - Andrew Fletcher, Lord Innerpeffer)
A flea in his ear. (Quote by - Robert Armin)
To build castles in Spain. (Quote by - George Herbert)
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face. (Quote by - Robert Burton)
To be praised by a man who has won his laurels. (Quote by - George Chapman)
To drink away sorrow. (Quote by - John Heywood)
Cut and come again. (Quote by - George Crabbe)
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. (Quote by - George Chapman)
As good as a play. (Quote by - George Chapman)
