Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases Part 6

261. CLEAR. As clear as mud.

262. CLERK. 'Tis the clerk makes the justice.

263. CLIMB. Climb not too high, lest the fall be the greater.

264. CLIMBED. Who never climbed, never fell.

265. CLIMBERS. Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

266. CLOAK. Have not the cloak to make when it begins to rain.

267. CLOAK. Though the sun s.h.i.+nes, leave not your cloak at home.

268. CLOCK. The clock goes as it pleases the clerk.

269. CLOSE MOUTH. A close mouth catcheth no flies.

270. CLOTHES. It is good keeping his clothes who is going to swim.

271. CLOUD. Every cloud hath a silver lining.

272. CLOUDS. Clouds that the sun builds up darken him.

273. CLOUDS.

When the clouds are on the hills, They'll come down by the mills.

274. CLOUDS. After clouds comes clear weather.

275. CLOUDY. Cloudy mornings turn to clear evenings.

276. CLOVER. He is in clover.

277. CLOWN. Even a clown clings to his cloak when it rains.

278. COAT. Cut your coat according to your cloth.

279. COAT. It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.

280. COBBLE.

They that can cobble and clout, Shall have work when others go without.

281. COBBLER. Let not the cobbler go beyond his last.

282. COBBLER'S WIFE. Who goes worse shod than the cobbler's wife?

283. c.o.c.k.

If the c.o.c.k moult before the hen, We shall have weather thick and thin; But if the hen moult before the c.o.c.k, We shall have weather hard as a block.

284. c.o.c.k. The c.o.c.k crows and the hen goes.

285. c.o.c.k. Every c.o.c.k is proud on his own dunghill.

286. COIN. Where coin's not common, commons must be scant.

287. COIN. Much coin much care.

288. COLD APRIL. A cold April a barn will fill.

289. COLD MAY.

A cold May and a windy Makes a full barn and a findy.

290. COLDEST FLINT. In the coldest flint there is hot fire.

291. COLOURS. It's an ill battle where the devil carries the colours.

292. COLT. When you ride a young colt see your saddle be well girt.

293. COMPANY. Two's company and three's none.

294. COMPANY. Tell me what company you keep, and I will tell you who you are.

295. COMPANY. It's good to have company in trouble.

296. COMPANY.

Company in distress, Makes trouble less.

297. COMPANION. A merry companion on the road is as good as a nag.

298. COMPANION. There's no companion like a penny.

299. COMPARISONS. Comparisons are odious.

300. COMPLAIN. They complain wrongfully of the sea, who twice suffer s.h.i.+pwreck.

301. COMPLEXION. Cold of complexion, good of condition.

302. CONCEALS. A woman conceals what she knows not.

303. CONFESSION. A generous confession disarms slander.

304. CONFESSION. Confession of a fault makes half amends for it.

305. CONFESSION. Open confession is good for the soul.