Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Nail

Do not drive a second nail until the first be clinched.

Do not hang all on one nail.German.

Drive the nail that will go.

He hath hit the nail on the head.

He who heedeth not the lost shoe-nail will soon lose his horse.German.

Hit the nail on the head.

In frosty weather a nail is worth a horse.Spanish.

It takes heap o’ licks to dribe a nail in de dark.African American.

Leave no nail unclinched.Italian.

One nail drives out another.

The horseshoe that clatters wants a nail.Spanish.

When the smith’s wife wants a nail she must buy it at the shopkeeper’s.German.