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Similia Similibus Curantur

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Like cures like. (See under Hair: Take a hair of the dog that bit you.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Silver Star of Love (The)
Silver Streak (The)
Silver-Tongued
Silver Trumpet (A)
Silver Weapon
Silver Wedding
Silver of Guthrum, or Guthram’s Lane
Silverside of Beef (The)
Simeon (St.)
Similes
Similia Similibus Curantur
Simmes Hole
Simnel Cakes
Simon (St.)
Simon Magus
Simon Pure
Simony
Simple (The)
Simple Simon. A simpleton
Simplicity is sine plica
Simplon Road