| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Weeds |
| | | A good garden may have some weeds. | 1 |
| He that bites on every weed may light on poison. | 2 |
| Ill weeds are not hurt by frost. Spanish, Portuguese. | 3 |
| Ill weeds grow apace. French, Italian, Dutch. | 4 |
| Ill weeds grow the fastest and last the longest. Danish. | 5 |
| Most subject is the fattest soil to weeds. Shakespeare. | 6 |
| No garden without its weeds. | 7 |
| One ill weed spoils a whole pot of pottage. | 8 |
| The frost hurts no weeds. | 9 |
| The weeds overgrow the corn. | 10 |
| Weeds never die. German, Danish. | 11 |
| Weeds want no sowing. | 12 | | |
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