Chapter V: Vengeance, to rain with a, 18

_Verbum sap._, 26, 108, 165

Very man, the, 118

W

Watched pot never boils, 94

Water off duck’s back, 89

Water one’s wine, to, 232

Weakest go to the wall, 34

Week of Sundays, 211

Well begun is half done, 75

Well, I never! 192

Wet blanket, 147

Wet to the skin, 215

What a to-do, 6

What cannot be cured, 82

What is done cannot be undone, 203

What is one man’s meat, 170

When at Rome do as Rome does, 152

When Greeks joined Greeks, 125

When in doubt, 101

When thieves fall out, 234

When world was young, 219

Where there’s a will, 124, 234

While there’s life, 219

Whip-hand, 32, 47

Whistling woman, 120

White elephant, 105

Wholesale and retail, 138

Whole show, 47

Who lives longest sees most, 232

Wild horses would not make him speak, 223

Wilful waste makes woeful want, 93

Will is as good as deed, 145, 234

Willy-nilly, 137

Wind and weather permitting, 219

Wishes were horses, if, 212, 215

Wish is father to thought, 88

Woman’s instinct, 120

Word to the wise, a, 26, 108, 209

Work like a nigger, 198

Workman blames tools, a bad, 175

Worst come to worst, 12

Worst wheel makes most noise, 50

Worth his weight in gold, 184

Worth a brass farthing, not, 92

Wrong end of stick, 16

Y

Yellow as a guinea, 145

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Transcriber's Notes:

Square brackets and punctuation, apparently missed in printing, were added. As the material was drawn from many sources, of many ages, no changes were made to accents, grammar, hyphens or spelling except:

“Sa faire la barbe” was changed to “Se faire la barbe” on page 31.

“loche” was changed to “cloche” on page 121.

“povery” was changed to “poverty” in the index on page 245.

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