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Dictionary of English Proverbs

 

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FACT . A single fact is worth a ship-load of argument.
FAINT HEART . Faint heart never won a fair lady.
FAINT PRAISE . Faint praise is disparagement.
FAIR AND FOOLISH . 532. FAIR AND SOFTLY. Fair and softly go far in a day.
FAIR FACE . A fair face may hide a foul heart.
FAIR FACES . Fair faces need no paint.
FAIR FEATHERS . Fair feathers make fair fowls.
FAITH . Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness.
FALL . One may sooner fall than rise.
FALL . If a man once fall, all will tread on him.
FALLING . Keeping from falling is better than helping up.
FALLS . When the tree falls every man runs with his hatchet.
FALSE REPORT . A false report rides post.
FAMILIARITY . Familiarity breeds contempt.
FAMINE . 544. FAMINE. Under water famine, under snow bread.
 
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Acockbill : adv. Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.; adv. Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
 
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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