Better whole than patched with gold, [350]

Between a woman’s “Yes” and “No” there is no room for the point of a needle, [192]

Between evil tongues and evil ears, there is nothing to choose, [394]

Between neighbours’ gardens a hedge is not amiss, [192]

Between promising and giving a man should marry his daughter, [17]

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out, [99]

Between saying and doing there is a long road, [211], [390]

Between smith and smith no money passes, [211], [274]

Between the hammer and the anvil, [192], [339]

Between the hand and the mouth the soup is often spilt (’Twixt the cup and the lip there’s many a slip), [15], [90], [173], [211], [274]