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Dictionary of English Proverbs

 

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CALM SEA . In a calm sea every man is a pilot.
CALM WEATHER . Calm weather in June sets corn in tune.
CAN . A man can do more than he can.
CANDLE . Burn not your candle at both ends at once.
CANDLEMAS . On Candlemas day you must have half your straw and half your hay.
CANDLEMAS . 193. CANDLEMAS. 194. CANDLEMAS DAY. 195. CANDLEMAS DAY. On Candlemas day throw candle and candle-stick away.
CAP . If the cap fit, wear it.
CAPTAIN . Be captain of your own ship.
CARCASE . Where the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
CARDS . Many can pack the cards that cannot play.
CARE . Care's no cure.
CARE . Care will kill a cat.
CARE . Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
CARE NOT . 'Care not,' would have.
CARRY . Don't run away with more than you can carry.
 
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Boothy : n. See Bothy.; n. A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth.
 
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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