HALF A LOAF. Half a loaf is better than no bread. HALF HANGED. Better be half hanged than ill wed. HAND-SAW. A hand-saw is a good thing, but not to shave with. HAND-SAW. He knows not a hawk from a hand-saw. 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. HANGED. He who is born to be hanged will never be drowned. HANGED. One may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. HANGING. There are many ways of killing a dog beside hanging him. HAPPY. 746. HARE. Where we least think, there goeth the hare away. HARDLY EVER. 'Hardly ever' saves many a lie. HARE. Little dogs start the hare, but great ones catch it. HARE SKIN. Sell not the hare's skin before you have caught him. HARM. Harm watch, harm catch. HARMS. Wise men learn by others' harms, fools by their own. HARVEST. He that hath a good harvest may be content with some thistles.
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
