To fetch water after the house is burned, [226]

To find oneself in tight breeches (Ill at ease—we say, In tight boots), [261]

To flay the flayed dog, [125]

To flee and to run are not all one, [224]

To get out of one muck into another, [255]

To get out of the mire and fall into the river, [278]

To get out of the rain under the spout, [134]

To get out of the smoke and fall into the fire, [278]

To get the chicks one must coax the hen, [21]

To give a pea for a bean (A Rowland for an Oliver), [55]