Expressions associated with some customs

Baker’s dozen

Marriage is a lottery

Expressions associated with some historical events

It rains cats and dogs

A prodigal son

To catch somebody red-handed

Expressions borrowed from some literary sources

To beat the air

To give the devil his due

Vanity fair

To rob Peter to pay Paul

Something is rotten in a state of Denmark

To fight the windmill

Expressions borrowed from the bible

The land of promise

New wine in old bottles

Ask for bread and be given a stone

Daily bread

Forbidden fruit is sweet

Thirty pieces of silver

To wash one’s hands of something

A thorn in the flesh of somebody

Judas kiss