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Dictionary of English Proverbs

 

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EARLY BIRD . 'Tis the early bird catches the worm.
EARS . Little pitchers have long ears.
EARS . Walls have ears.
EARS . Wider ears and a shorter tongue.
EASE . A pennyworth of ease is worth a penny.
EASE . Think of ease, but work on.
EASILY DONE . That which is easily done is soon believed.
EAT . Live not to eat, but eat to live.
EAT . Eat a bit before you drink.
EAT . 475. EATING. Eating and drinking takes away one's appetite.
EDGED TOOLS . It is ill meddling with edged tools.
EEL . You cannot hide an eel in a sack.
EGG-SHELL . 'Tis hard to sail o'er the sea in an egg-shell.
EGGS . Don't put all your eggs into one basket.
ELBOW . Rub your sore eye with your elbow.
 
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Doni : n. A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon.
 
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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