| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Hare |
| | | Hares are not caught with drums. French, Dutch. | 1 |
| He is as easily caught as a hare with drums. Dutch. | 2 |
| In small woods may be caught large hares. Dutch. | 3 |
| It is a mad hare that will be caught with a tabor. | 4 |
| It is hard to catch hares with unwilling hounds. Dutch. | 5 |
| Lame hares are ill to help. | 6 |
| One catches the hare and another eats it. German. | 7 |
| Running hares do not need the spur. Italian. | 8 |
| The hare always returns to her form. French. | 9 |
| The hare draws a lion with a golden thread. Modern Greek. | 10 |
| The hare may pluck the dead lion by the beard. Shakespeare. | 11 |
| The hare starts from where it is least expected. Italian, Spanish. | 12 |
| The very falling of leaves frightens hares. | 13 |
| To catch a hare with a cart. Italian. | 14 |
| When we least expect it the hare darts out of the ditch. Dutch. | 15 |
| Where we least think there goeth the hare away. Don Quixote. | 16 |
| Who hunts two hares together catches neither. German. | 17 | | |
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