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Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.Bachelor's fare: bread and cheese and kisses.Bachelor's wives and maids' children are always well taught.Back may trust but belly won't.Bad hen, bad egg.Bad is the best.Bad money drives out good.Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.Bad the crow, bad the egg.Bare as the birch at Yule even.Bare walls make giddy housewives.Bare words make no bargain.Barking does seldom bite.Barking dogs seldom bite.Barnaby bright, Barnaby bright, the longest day and the shortest night.Barren corn makes bitter bread.Be a friend to thyself, and others will befriend thee.Be ashamed to find yourself idle.Be it better, be it worse,
Be ruled by him that bears the purse.Be just before you're generous.Be long sick, that you may be soon hale.Be not too bold with your betters.Be not too hasty to outbid another.Be old betimes that thou may'st long be so.Be old when young, if you would be young when old.Be still, and have thy will.Be the day weary or be the day long, at last it ringeth to evensong.Be the same thing that ye wa'd be ca'd.Be what you would seem to be.Beads about the neck, and the devil in his heart.Bear wealth, poverty will bear itself.Bear with evil, and expect good.Bear won't bite bear.Beaten with his own rod.Beauty draws more than oxen.Beauty draws with a single hair.Beauty is a fading flower.Beauty is but a blossom.Beauty is but skin-deep.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Beauty is only skin deep.Beauty is potent, but money is omnipotent.Beauty is potent, but money is omnipotent.Beauty will buy no beef.Beauty without bounty avails nought.Beauty without virtue is a curse.Bed is the poor man's opera.Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.Bees touch no fading flowers.Before one can say Jack Robinson.Beggars breed and rich men feed.Beggars can never be bankrupts.Beggars cannot be choosers.Beggars fear no rebellion.Beggars mounted ride their horses to death.Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.Behind the cross stands the devil.Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.Believe not that all that shines is gold.Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see.Believe well and have well.Bells call others to church, but go not themselves.Benefits grow old betimes, but injuries are long livers.Benefits please like flowers, when they are fresh.Benefits, like flowers, please most when they are fresh.Best is best cheap.Best to bend while 'tis a twig.Better a blush in the face than a spot in the heart.Better a clout than a hole out.Better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is.Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.Better a fair pair of heels than a halter.Better a finger off than always aching.Better a fortune in a wife than with a wife.Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind.Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us.Better a mischief than an inconvenience.Better a mouse in the pot than no flesh at all.Better a wee bush than no shelter.Better a wee bush that nae bield.Better an egg in peace, than an ox in war.Better an empty house than an ill tenant.Better bairds greet than bearded men.Better be alone than in bad company.Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.Better be an old man's darling than a young man's warling.Better be born lucky than rich.Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.Better be poor than wicked.Better be safe than sorry.Better be stung by a nettle than pricked by a rose.Better be sure than sorry.Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.Better be unmannerly than troublesome.Better bow than break.Better buy than borrow.Better come at the latter end of a feast than the beginning of a fray.Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot.Better die a beggar than a live beggar.Better do it than wish it done.Better early than late.Better give a shilling than lend a half a crown.Better go about than fall into a ditch.Better go about than fall into the ditch.Better go away longing than loathing.Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.Better have an old man to humour than a young rake to break your heart.Better have one plough going than two cradles.Better is the evil known than the good which is yet to know.Better joy in a cottage than sorrow in a palace.Better keep now than seek anon.Better kiss a knave than be troubled with him.Better leave than lack.Better lose a jest than a friend.Better luck next time.Better my hog dirty home than no hog at all.Better one house filled than two spilled.Better one house spoiled than two.Better one's house too little one day than too big all the year after.Better pay the butcher than the doctor.Better play at small game than stand out.Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.Better say Here it is than Here it was.Better sell than live poorly.Better sit idle than work for naught.Better sit idle than work for nothing.Better sit still than rise up and fall.Better small fish than an empty dish.Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.Better spare at brim than at bottom.Better speak to the master than the man.Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.Better the foot slip than the tongue.Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.Better to marry a neighbor than a stranger.Better to sit all night than to go to bed with a dragon.Better to struggle with a sick jackass than carry the wood by yourself.Better to wear out than rust out.Better untaught than ill taught.Better wed over the dungheap than over the moor.Better wed over the mixen than over the moor.Between the beetle and the block.Between the devil and the deep sea.Between two stools you come to the ground.Between you and me and the bedpost.Between you and me and the post.Betwixt two stools the doup fas down.Beware beginnings.Beware of after-claps.Beware of an oak, it draws the stroke; avoid an ash, it counts the flash; creep under the thorn, it can save you from harm.Beware of breed.Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.Beware of Had I wist.Beware of men who flourish hereditary honors.Beware of the forepart of a woman, the hind part of a mule, and all sides of a priest.Beware of vinegar made of sweet wine.Big fish eat little fish.Big fish eat little fish.Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.Birchen twigs break no ribs.Birds in their little nests agree.Birth is much, but breeding is more.Biter bit.Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.Black will take no other hue.Blame it on the rain.Blaw the wind ne'er so fast, it will lower at last.Blessed are the dead that the rain rains on.Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.Blessings are not valued till they are gone.Blessings brighten as they take their flight.Blind is the bookless man.Blind man's holiday.Blind men can judge no colours.Blind men should not judge of colours.Blood is thicker than water.Blood will have blood.Blood will tell.Bloom where you are planted.Blow first, and sip afterwards.Blow the wind never so fast,
It will lower at the last.Blue are the hills that are far away.Blushing is virtue's colour.Boil not the pap before the child is born.Boil stones in butter, and you may sip the broth.Bold resolution is the favourite of providence.Boldness in business is the first, second, and third thing.Bolt a door with a boiled carrot!Born on Monday, fair in the face;
Born of Tuesday, full of God's grace;
Born on Wednesday, sour and sad;
Born on Thursday, merry and glad;
Born on Friday, worthily given;
Born on Saturday, work hard for your living;
Born on Sunday, you will never know want.Born on the wrong side of the blanket.Born with a silver spoon in his mouth.Borrowed garments never sit well.Both together do best of all.Bought wisdom is best.Bought wit is best, but may cost too much.Bought wit is best.Boys avoid the bees that stung 'em.Boys will be men.Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is better.Brave men lived before Agamemnon.Break one link and the whole chain falls apart.Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.Brevity is the soul of wit.Bribes will enter without knocking.Bridges were made for wise men to walk over and fools to ride over.Bring a cow to the hall and she'll run to the byre.Bring not a bagpipe to a man in trouble.Building castles in the air.Business before pleasure.Business is business.Bustle is not industry.But may not truth in laughing guise be dressed?Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night.Butter is mad twice a year.Butter is made when very hard or very soft.Buy him at his own price and sell him at yours and you'll make no bargain.Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.Buyers want a hundred eyes, sellers none.By biting and scratching cats and dogs come together.By bravely enduring it, an evil which cannot be avoided is overcome.By fair means or foul.By falling we learn to go safely.By hook or by crook.By hook or crook.By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn.By many indignities we come to dignities.By Tre, Pol, and Pen,
You shall know the Cornish men.By writing we learn to write. |
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