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

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

Nail


Do not drive a second nail until the first be clinched.	1
Do not hang all on one nail. German.	2
Drive the nail that will go.	3
He hath hit the nail on the head.	4
He who heedeth not the lost shoe-nail will soon lose his horse. German.	5
Hit the nail on the head.	6
In frosty weather a nail is worth a horse. Spanish.	7
It takes heap o’ licks to dribe a nail in de dark. African American.	8
Leave no nail unclinched. Italian.	9
One nail drives out another.	10
The horseshoe that clatters wants a nail. Spanish.	11
When the smith’s wife wants a nail she must buy it at the shopkeeper’s. German.	12