Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 — Notes to the Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

as mad as a hare, v. [324];

aussi bien sont amourettes, &c., i. 438;

avoidance is the only remedy, i. 510;

beat the dog before the lion, v. [384];

Bernardus monachus non uidit omnia, iii. 289;

better late than never, v. [431];

a blind man cannot judge colours, ii. 468;

boot after bale (Gam.), v. [486];

burnt child fears fire, i. 431; v. [431];

(the) cat wants fish, &c., iii. 282;