catches
11when someone sneezes, something catches a cold — when (someone/something) sneezes, (someone/something) catches a cold mainly British, mainly British when one person or organization has a problem, this problem has a much worse effect on another person or organization. When New York sneezes, I m… …
12when something sneezes, someone catches a cold — when (someone/something) sneezes, (someone/something) catches a cold mainly British, mainly British when one person or organization has a problem, this problem has a much worse effect on another person or organization. When New York sneezes, I m… …
13when something sneezes, something catches a cold — when (someone/something) sneezes, (someone/something) catches a cold mainly British, mainly British when one person or organization has a problem, this problem has a much worse effect on another person or organization. When New York sneezes, I m… …
14early\ bird\ catches\ the\ worm — • early bird gets the worm • early bird catches the worm proverb A person who gets up early in the morning has the best chance of succeeding; if you arrive early or are quicker, you get ahead of others. When Billy s father woke him up for school… …
15early bird catches the worm — The early bird catches the worm means that if you start something early, you stand a better chance of success …
16a cat in gloves catches no mice — Restraint and caution (or ‘pussyfooting’) achieve nothing. Cf. 14th cent. Fr. chat engaunté ne surrizera ja bien, a gloved cat will never mouse well. 1573 J. SANFORDE Garden of Pleasure 105 A gloued catte can catche no myse. 1592 G. DELAMOTHE… …
17a shut mouth catches no flies — 1599 J. MINSHEU Spanish Grammar 83 In a closed vp mouth a flie cannot get in. 1640 G. HERBERT Outlandish Proverbs no. 219 Into a mouth shut flies flie not. 1659 T. FULLER Appeal of Injured Innocence I. 12 The Spanish Proverb..is necessary in… …
18(the) early bird catches the worm — the early bird catches the worm phrase used for saying that if you arrive somewhere or do something before other people, you will have more chance of succeeding Thesaurus: early and ahead of timesynonym Main entry: early bird * * * the ˌearly… …
19the early bird catches/gets the worm — see ↑early, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑bird the early bird catches/gets the worm see ↑early, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑worm …
20early bird catches the worm — or[early bird gets the worm] A person who gets up early in the morning has the best chance of succeeding; if you arrive early or are quicker, you get ahead of others. A proverb. * /When Billy s father woke him up for school he said, The early… …