Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases Part 16

717. GRASP. Grasp all, lose all.

718. GRa.s.s. March gra.s.s never did good.

719. GRa.s.s.

If the gra.s.s grow in Janiveer, It grows the worse for't all the year.

720. GRa.s.s. While the gra.s.s grows the steed starves.

721. GRa.s.s. Gra.s.s grows not upon the highway.

722. GRAVES. We shall lie all alike in our graves.

723. GREAT DOWRY. A great dowry is a bed full of troubles.

724. GREAT MARKS. Great marks are soonest hit.

725. GREAT ONES. There would be no great ones if there were no little.

726. GREAT s.h.i.+P. A great s.h.i.+p needs deep waters.

727. GREEN WOOD. Green wood makes a hot fire.

728. GREEN WOUND. A green wound is soon healed.

729. GREEN WINTER. A green winter makes a fat churchyard.

730. GREY HAIRS. Gray hairs are death's blossoms.

731. GRIEF. Grief pent up will burst the heart.

732. GRIND. The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

733. GUEST. An unbidden guest must bring his own stool with him.

734. GUEST. 'Tis an ill guest that never drinks to his host.

735. GUILTY CONSCIENCE. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

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736. HAIL. Hail brings frost in the tail.

737. HALF A LOAF. Half a loaf is better than no bread.

738. HALF HANGED. Better be half hanged than ill wed.

739. HAND-SAW. A hand-saw is a good thing, but not to shave with.

740. HAND-SAW. He knows not a hawk from a hand-saw.

741. HANDSOME. He who is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor wise at forty, nor rich at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich, or wise.

742. HANGED. He who is born to be hanged will never be drowned.

743. HANGED. One may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

744. HANGING. There are many ways of killing a dog beside hanging him.

745. HAPPY.

Happy is the bride the sun s.h.i.+nes on, And the corpse the rain rains on.

746. HARE. Where we least think, there goeth the hare away.

747. HARDLY EVER. "Hardly ever" saves many a lie.

748. HARE. Little dogs start the hare, but great ones catch it.

749. HARE SKIN. Sell not the hare's skin before you have caught him.

750. HARM. Harm watch, harm catch.

751. HARMS. Wise men learn by others' harms, fools by their own.

752. HARVEST. He that hath a good harvest may be content with some thistles.

753. HASTE. More haste worse speed.

754. HASTE. Haste trips up its own heels.

755. HASTE. Over haste makes certain waste.

756. HASTE. Haste over nothing but catching fleas.

757. HASTY MEN. Hasty men never lack woe.

758. HASTY RESOLUTIONS. Hasty resolutions seldom speed well.

759. HAT. Pull down your hat on the wind side.

760. HATCHET. When the tree is down, every one runs with his hatchet.

761. HAVEN. 'Tis safe riding in a good haven.

762. HAY. Make hay while the sun s.h.i.+nes.