Proverbs with Keyword: "MAID"
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- M14 As good a MAID as her mother
- M15 Every MAID is undone
- M16 A gazing and gadding MAID seldom proves good housewife
- M17 He that woos a MAID must come seldom in her sight but he that woos a widow must woo her day and night
- M18 He that woos a MAID must feign, lie, and flatter; but he that woos a widow must down with his breeches and at her
- M19 A MAID and a virgin is not all one
- M20 A MAID oft seen, a gown oft worn, are dis-esteemed and held in scorn
- M21 A MAID that gives yields
- M22 A MAID that laughs is half taken
- M23 A MAID that loves too soon will repent too late
- M24 The MAID which takes, sells herself; the maid which gives, forsakes herself
- M25 She is a good MAID, but for thought, word, and deed
- M26 She is neither MAID, wife, nor widow
- M27 This MAID was born odd
- M28 To speak with a MAID
- M29 While the tall MAID (a tall Meg of Westminster¹) is stooping the little one (a short wench) sweeps the house
- M30 Who knows who's a good MAID?
- M31 A young MAID married to an old man is like a new house thatched with old straw
- M32 All the MAIDS in Wanswell may dance in an egg-shell
- M33 As merry as the MAIDS
- M34 MAIDS say nay and take it
- M35 MAIDS want nothing but husbands and when they have them they want everything
- M36 Meeterly,¹ as MAIDS are in fairness
- M37 Old MAIDS lead apes in hell
- M38 Suffolk fair MAIDS
- M39 There are more MAIDS than Malkin
- M40 There are never the fewer MAIDS for her