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To whiten ivory with ink. To spoil nature by art. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To whiten two walls from the same lime-pot. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To wipe up the sea with a sponge. - (Dutch) [Proverbial Phrases] To wolf's flesh dog's teeth. - (Portuguese, Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To work for the bishop. - (Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] To worry hornets. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] To wrest the prey from the hungry lion. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] Tooth and nail. - [Proverbial Phrases] Unbought feasts. [Lat., Dapes inemptae.] - (Latin) [Food : Proverbial Phrases] Unbought grace. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] Up, guards, and at 'em. - [Proverbial Phrases] Utter confusion. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] War to the knife. - [Proverbial Phrases] Wash a blackamoor white. - [Proverbial Phrases] We apples swim. [Lat., Nos poma natamus.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] Weary of life. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] Well-digested hatred. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] When mules breed. [i.e., Never.] - [Proverbial Phrases] When the devil is blind. - [Proverbial Phrases] When the frog has hair. - [Proverbial Phrases] When the Greek Calends come round. [Never.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] When two Sundays come together. - (German) [Proverbial Phrases] When two Sundays meet. - [Proverbial Phrases] Whiter than snow. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] Willing and able. [Lat., Volens et potens.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases : Willingness] Willy nilly. - [Proverbial Phrases] With all his strength. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] With bad luck. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] With beak and claw. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] With claws and beak. [Lat., Unguibus et rostro.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] With good luck. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] With oars and sails. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] With sails and oars. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] Worn bare by the helmet. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] Worthy of a monument. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] You count the waves. [Labour in vain.] - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] You rouse the fury of the lion. - (Latin) [Proverbial Phrases] Your wife and the sauce at the lance hand (the right hand). - (Spanish) [Proverbial Phrases] Displaying page 15 of 15 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 [15]
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