Origins of proverbs

Posted by Paola on February 18, 2004

i'm learning English as a second language and i'm writing a little thesis about the origins of some proverbs. could you help me to find the origin of these proverbs?
1-Grasp all, lose all.
2-You can't have your cake and eat it too
3-to kill two birds with one stone
4-There are two sides to every coin
5-A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush
6-Clothes don't make the man
7-Take it or leave it
8-There is nothing new under the sun
9-The mills of God grind slowly
10-To be over the moon
11-The grass is always greener on the other fence
12-dressed to kill
i'll be very grateful if you answer me tonight or tomorrow morning
thanks very much and sorry for my english!!!!

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• Origins of proverbs ESC 18/February/04
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      • Take it or leave it ESC 18/February/04