On his last legs. [ Thos. Middleton ]
Use legs, and have legs. [ Proverb ]
Whoe'er has gone thro' London street,
Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat,
And how he keeps
Gloating upon a sheep's
Or bullock's personals, as if his own;
How he admires his halves
And quarters - and his calves,
As if in truth upon his own legs grown. [ Hood ]
He doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus; and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
To find ourselves dishonourable graves. [ Jul. Caes ]
Like a cat, he'll still fall upon his legs. [ Proverb ]
A lie has no legs, but a scandal has wings. [ Proverb ]
Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. [ Chinese Proverb ]
Work breaks an idle fellow's legs, arms and back. [ Proverb ]
He hath cut both his legs, and cannot go nor stand. [ Proverb ]
More belongs to marriage than four bare legs in a bed. [ Proverb ]
The thought hath good legs and the quill a good tongue. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Every one stretcheth his legs according to his coverlet. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Flesh never stands so high but a dog will venture his legs. [ Proverb ]
Let the guts be full, for it is they that can carry the legs. [ Proverb ]
A yeoman upon his legs is higher than a prince upon his knees. [ Proverb ]
A horse stumbles that hath four legs. (What wonder then, if two stumble.) [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Valor is stability, not of arms and of legs, but of courage and the soul. [ Montaigne ]
A lie has no legs, and cannot stand; but it has wings, and can fly far and wide. [ Warburton ]
There are some men who are fortune's favorites, and who, like cats, light forever on their legs. [ Colton ]
Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog standing on his hinder legs. It is not done well, but you wonder to see it done at all. [ Johnson ]
Exaggeration is not only one form of falsehood, it is one of its worst forms: since the swollen and contagious body gains admission by walking in upon healthy legs. [ Berz ]
Vanity is a confounded donkey, very apt to put his head between his legs, and chuck us over; but pride is a fine horse, that will carry us over the ground, and enable us to distance our fellow-travelers. [ Marryat ]
It is beginning to be doubtful whether Parliament and Congress sit in Westminster and Washington, or in the editorial rooms of the leading journals, - so thoroughly is everything debated before the authorized and responsible debaters get on their legs. [ Lowell ]