An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about trap
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What is the longest word in the English language?
Smiles. (There a mile between the first and last letter. )
Riddles
What is the only 6-letter word in the English language that gives you 12 when you take away 1?
Dozens.
Riddles
An Englishman's home is his castle/A man's home is his castle
Proverbs and old sayings British about home, man, old, olderness
The law is an ass. From English writer Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist
Proverbs and old sayings British about writers, law, old, olderness
Variety is the spice of life. William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800)
Proverbs and old sayings British about poets, life, old, olderness
The English are a nation of shopkeepers.
Proverbs and old sayings about nation
The Peerage is the Englishman's Bible.
Proverbs and old sayings British
One Englishman can beat three Frenchmen.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Do you speak English?
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about contentment
Beware of a white Spaniard and a black Englishman.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about magic
Do you speak English? (Meaning, Have you got any money? )
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about money, contentment
Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about sun
The English always credit the rest of us with the qualities they don't need themselves.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about rest, need
The Italianised Englishman is a devil incarnate.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil
A scots mist will weet an englishman to the skin.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
The englishman greets, the irishman sleeps, but the scotchman gangs till he gets it.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
An Englishman's word is his bond.
Proverbs and old sayings about word
A man is known by the company he keeps.
Proverbs and old sayings English about companies, man
A snow year, a rich year.
Proverbs and old sayings English about wealth
