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Dictionary of English Proverbs

 

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SACK . Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it.
SADDLE . Set the saddle on the right horse.
SADNESS . Sadness and gladness succeed each other.
SALMON . Salmon and sermon have their season in Lent.
SALT . Catch a bird by putting salt on its tail.
SAND . You can't make ropes of sand.
SAUCE . What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
SAUCE . Sweet meat must have some sauce.
SAVE . 1391. SAVE. Who will not save a penny, shall never have many.
SAVING . Saving is getting.
SAVING . It's useless saving at the spigot and spending at the bung-hole.
SAVING . Of saving cometh having.
SAY . Learn to say before you sing.
SAY WELL . 'Say well,' and 'do well,' end with one letter; 1399. SCABBED SHEEP. One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock.
SAYING . Saying and doing are two things.
 
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Metrosideros : n. A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in Australia and the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood. Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.
 
Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Thomas Preston, published originally in 1880 in London by Whittaker & Co
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