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Proverbial Phrases Quotes
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By all that's good and glorious. (Quote by - George Gordon Noel Byron)

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)

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