Of all birds give me mutton. [ Proverb ]

Right, Roger, your sow's good mutton. [ Proverb ]

He loves mutton well that eats the wool. [ Proverb ]

One shoulder of mutton drives down another. [ Proverb ]

Man is a carnivorous production,
And must have meals, at least one meal a day;
He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction.
But, like the shark and tiger, must have prey.
Although his anatomical construction
Bears vegetables, in a grumbling way,
Your laboring people think beyond all question,
Beef, veal, and mutton better for digestion. [ Byron ]

When the mutton is going, it is good to take a slice. [ Proverb ]

Her face, all red and white, like the inside of a shoulder of mutton. [ Foote ]

Counsel is as welcome to him as a shoulder of mutton to a sick horse. [ Proverb ]