To take opportunity by the forelock, [46], [259]
To take out a burning coal with another’s hand (To make a cat’s-paw of one), [255]
To take the chesnuts out of the fire with the cat’s paw, [58]
To take Villadiego’s boots (To take to your heels), [259]
To the bold man fortune gives her hand, [196], [266]
To the devil with so many masters, said the toad to the harrow, [6]
To the fallen tree, hatchets! hatchets!, [67]
To the grateful man give more than he asks, [195]
To the jaundiced all things seem yellow, [59]
To the lean pig a fat acorn (See The worst pig), [265]