| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Bargain |
| | | A bargain is a bargain. | 1 |
| A good bargain is a pick purse. | 2 |
| A man loseth his time that comes early to a bad bargain. | 3 |
| Bargains are costly. German, Spanish. | 4 |
| Bargaining is as necessary to a trade as poleing to a vessel. Chinese. | 5 |
| Good cheap is dear at long run. | 6 |
| He who hunts after bargains will scratch his head. Catalan. | 7 |
| It is a bad bargain where both are losers. | 8 |
| It is a silly bargain where nobody gets. | 9 |
| It is only good bargains that ruin. | 10 |
| It takes two to make a bargain. | 11 |
| Make the best of a bad bargain. | 12 |
| Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. | 13 |
| More words than one go to a bargain. | 14 |
| No one will get a bargain he does not ask for. French. | 15 |
| On a good bargain think twice. | 16 |
| One word will not settle a bargain, though prices vary from morning to night. Chinese. | 17 |
| They spit upon the same stone. (A custom practised in the north of England when concluding a bargain.) | 18 |
| Twa words maun gang to that bargain. | 19 | | |
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