A list of 680 English Proverbs

Here’s a list of most of the commonly-used English proverbs, with links to the meaning and origin of many of them.

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Writer and researcher on the origins of phrases and the creator of the Phrase Finder website. Over the past 26 years more than 700 million of his pages have been downloaded by readers. He is one of the most popular and trusted sources of information on phrases and idioms.

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2,500 English idioms, phrases and proverbs that we use every day, with their meanings and origins explained.