Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Knife

In a golden sheath a leaden knife.Italian.

In a smith’s house the knife is wooden.Spanish.

One knife keeps another in its sheath.Italian.

One knife whets another.Italian, German.

The knife cuts not the hand of gold.Turkish.

’Tis a good knife; it will cut butter when ’tis melted.

Under a gold sheath a leaden knife.Spanish.