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a
ante
(before)
Apr.
April
Aug. August
AV
Authorized Version (of the Bible), 1611
c
circa
(about)
cent. century
cf.
confer
(compare)
COD Concise Oxford Dictionary
Dec.
December
Dict. dictionary (of)
Du.
Dutch
ed.
edition
EETS Early English Text Society
esp.
especially
et al.
et alii
(and others)
Feb.
February
Fr.
French
Ger.
German
Gr.
Greek
Hist. history (of), historical
Ibid.
ibidem
(in the same place)
Ital.
Italian
Jan.
January
L.
Latin
Mag. Magazine
Mar. March
mod. modern
MS(S) manuscript(s)
Nov. November
NY
New York
Oct.
October
ODEP Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs
OED Oxford English Dictionary
Pt.
part
quot. quotation
rev.
revised
Sept. September
Ser.
series
St.
Saint
STS
Scottish Text Society
tr.
translation (of)
US
United States (of America)
vol.
volume
A
A
see
who SAYS A Must say B
.
abhors
see
NATURE abhors a vacuum
.
a-borrowing
see
he that GOES a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing
.
abroad
see
GO abroad and you'll hear news of home
.
ABSENCE makes the heart grow fonder
Cf. PROPERTIUS
Elegies
II. xxxiii
b
. I. 43
semper in absentes felicior aestus amantes
, passion [is]
always warmer towards absent lovers.
c
1850
in
Isle of Beauty
(rev. ed.) iii.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
1923
Observer
11 Feb. 9
These saws are constantly cutting one another's throats. How can you reconcile
the statement that ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’ with ‘Out of sight, out of mind’?
1979
Rose in Darkness
xi.
‘Oh, I couldn't go now!’ ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder.’
1985
Dick & Jane
119
‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder.’ ‘Some other organs, too. Like tha nose,’
Nick cracked.
1992
Rather English Marriage
(1993) xi. 178
Absence may have made his heart grow fonder, but it
hasn't done wonders for mine.
absence
;
love
He who is ABSENT is always in the wrong
Cf. Fr.
les absents ont toujours tort
;
c
1440
J. LYDGATE
Fall of Princes
(EETS) III. l. 3927 For princis
ofte .. Wil cachche a qu[a]rel .. Ageyn folk absent.
1640
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 318
The absent partie is still faultie.
1710
Proverbs
xxi.
The absent party is always to blame.
1736
Poor Richard's Almanack
(July)
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
1912
Unbearable Bassington
iv.
The absent may be always wrong, but they are seldom in a position to be
inconsiderate.
1981
Soldier no More
57
I will quote first that fine old French saying—which covers any claim Charlie
may or may not have on that cake—‘he who is absent is always in the wrong.’
absence
;
error
absolute
see
POWER corrupts
.
abundance
see
out of the FULLNESS of the heart the mouth speaks
.
ACCIDENTS will happen (in the best-regulated families)
1763
Deuce is in Him
1.22
Accidents, accidents will happen—No less than seven brought into our
infirmary yesterday.
1819
‘’
Hermit in America
i.
Accidents will happen in the best regulated families.
1850
David Copperfield
xxviii.
‘Copperfield,’ said Mr. Micawber, ‘accidents will occur in the best-
regulated families; and in families not regulated by .. the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of
Wife, they must be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.’
1939
Christmas Holiday
x.
Accidents will happen in the best regulated families, and .. if you find you've
got anything the matter with you,.. go and see a doctor right away.
1979
Angels in your Beer
xii.
It would be so convenient if something happened to them … Accidents do
happen, as they say.
misfortune
There is no ACCOUNTING for tastes
It is impossible to explain why different people like different things (especially things that do not appeal
to the speaker). Also now in the form
there is no accounting for taste
. The saying is a version of the Latin
tag
de gustibus non est disputandum
, there is no disputing about tastes. Cf.
1599
J. MINSHEU
Dialogues
in Spanish
6 Against ones liking there is no disputing.
1794
Mysteries of Udolpho
I. xi.
I have often thought the people he disapproved were much more
agreeable than those he admired;—but there is no accounting for tastes.
1889
Nether World
II. viii.
There is no accounting for tastes. Sidney .. not once .. congratulated himself
on his good fortune.
1974
Porterhouse Blue
x.
‘He was in the grip of Mrs Biggs.’.. ‘No accounting for tastes,’ said the Dean.
1985
Doubting Thomas
iv.
‘You're usually in here with a little guy, wears a rug. Looks like he gets his
suits from Sears. Paisley ties … There's no accounting for taste.’
idiosyncrasy
;
taste
accumulate
see
if you don't SPECULATE, you can't accumulate
.
accuse
see
he who EXCUSES, accuses himself
.
accuser
see
a GUILTY conscience needs no accuser
.
acorn
see
GREAT oaks from little acorns grow
.
ACTIONS speak louder than words
First recorded in its current form in the United States.
1628
Speech
4 Apr. in Hansard
Parliamentary Hist. England
(1807) II. 274
‘A word spoken in season
is like an Apple of Gold set in Pictures of Silver,’ and actions are more precious than words.
1736
Melancholy State of Province
in
Colonial Currency
(1911) III. 137
Actions speak louder than
Words, and are more to be regarded.
1856
Works
(1953) II. 352
‘Actions speak louder than words’ is the maxim; and, if true, the South now
distinctly says to the North, ‘Give us the measures, and you take the men.’
1939
Dead Men sing no Songs
xii.
Deeds speak louder than words. First she tells you the most damning
things she can .., and then she begs you to believe he's innocent in spite of them?
1979
‘’
Some die Eloquent
xvii.
‘He's very sorry about it all.’.. ‘Actions speak louder than words.’
1995
Washington Times
21 May B3
Actions speak louder than words, especially when individual
property rights are at stake.
words and deeds
When ADAM delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
The rhyme is particularly associated with the itinerant preacher John Ball, a leader of the 1381 ‘Peasants'
Revolt’, who used it to incite the people against their feudal lords.
c
1340
in
Religious Pieces
(EETS) 88
When Adam dalfe [dug] and Eue spane .. Whare was than the
pride of man?
1381
in &
Index Middle English Verse
(1943) 628
Whan adam delffid and eve span, Who was than a
gentilman?
1562
Aggeus & Abdias
I. ii.
When Adam dalve, and Eve span, Who was than a gentle man? Up start the
carle, and gathered good, And thereof came the gentle blood.
1874
Short Hist. English People
v.
A spirit fatal to the whole system of the Middle Ages breathed in the
popular rime which condensed the levelling doctrine of John Ball: ‘When Adam delved and Eve span,
who was then the gentleman?’
1918
Leaves in Wind
81
It is not only the humanising influence of the garden, it is the democratising
influence too. When Adam delved and Eve span, Where was then the gentleman?
1979
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
vi.
When Adam delved and Eve span Who was then the gentleman? The
question had ironic relevance for the arrivé.
equality
;
gentry
As good be an ADDLED egg as an idle bird
1578
Euphues
I. 325
If I had not bene gathered from the tree in the budde, I should beeing blowne haue
proued a blast, and as good it is to bee an addle egge as an idle bird.
1732
Gnomologia
no. 681
As good be an addled Egg, as an idle Bird.
1974
Ghost Writer
iii.
The chickens are feeling the heat, poor creatures. I'm afraid I gave them a bit of a
ticking off. As good be an addled egg, I told them, as an idle bird.
action and inaction
;
idleness
ADVENTURES are to the adventurous
1844
Coningsby
III. 1. 244
‘I fear that the age of adventures is past.’ … ‘Adventures are to the
adventurous,’ said the stranger.
1914
‘’
Beasts & Super-Beasts
264
Adventures, according to the proverb, are to the adventurous.
1952
‘’
Mr Nicholas
iv.
He told himself that adventure was to the adventurous … If he could not make the
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