Curiosities in Proverbs: A Collection of Unusual Adages, Maxims, Aphorisms, Phrases and Other Popular Dicta from Many Lands, Classified and Arranged with AnnotationsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 oldal |
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56. oldal
... begin work . He'll lick the white frae your een . ( Scotch ) . " This phrase is always applied when people , with pretence of friendship , do you an ill turn , as one licking a mote out of your eye makes it blood- shot . " - Allan ...
... begin work . He'll lick the white frae your een . ( Scotch ) . " This phrase is always applied when people , with pretence of friendship , do you an ill turn , as one licking a mote out of your eye makes it blood- shot . " - Allan ...
112. oldal
... begin with hunger , " A man who wants bread is ready for anything , " One may be surfeited by eating tarts . " ( French ) . " A hungry ass eats any straw , " ' Hunger changes beans into almonds " ( Italian ) . ' Hunger finds no fault ...
... begin with hunger , " A man who wants bread is ready for anything , " One may be surfeited by eating tarts . " ( French ) . " A hungry ass eats any straw , " ' Hunger changes beans into almonds " ( Italian ) . ' Hunger finds no fault ...
145. oldal
... begin at Christmas , but they must end at Lent . A gowk at Yule'll no be bright at Beltane . ( Scotch ) . He who is a fool at Christmas will not grow wise by the first of May . A green Christmas , a white Easter . ( German ) . Another ...
... begin at Christmas , but they must end at Lent . A gowk at Yule'll no be bright at Beltane . ( Scotch ) . He who is a fool at Christmas will not grow wise by the first of May . A green Christmas , a white Easter . ( German ) . Another ...
151. oldal
... begin feasting , particularly on pancakes , as such cakes were regarded as essential to the day's festivities ; hence the above proverbs . " Shrove Tuesday , at whose entrance in the morning all the whole kingdom is in quiet , but by ...
... begin feasting , particularly on pancakes , as such cakes were regarded as essential to the day's festivities ; hence the above proverbs . " Shrove Tuesday , at whose entrance in the morning all the whole kingdom is in quiet , but by ...
185. oldal
... begin a journey on a certain day because of a superstitious dread of evil consequences . To change the name and not the letter , is a change for the worse and not the better . ( English ) . In the Middle Ages many young women ...
... begin a journey on a certain day because of a superstitious dread of evil consequences . To change the name and not the letter , is a change for the worse and not the better . ( English ) . In the Middle Ages many young women ...
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African Alexander Hislop Arabian Arabs asked Assamese beard beauty Behar Bengalese better Bible bird blind bread camel cheese Chinese Christmas comes Creole crow Danish death devil drink Dutch eggs English evil fool fortune French Gaelic German give goat gude hair hand hath head heart Hebrew Hindustani honour horse indicate Irish Italian Japanese John John Heywood Kashmiri king land Latin lish live Louisiana Creole luck lucky Luke man's Marathi marry Martinique master Matt misfortune Modern Greek morning mouth never night Osmanli Persian phrase Portuguese Prov proverb is applied quoted rain referring replied Rhyme Russian Sanskrit saying Scotch Scotland simile snake sneeze sometimes Spanish stone tail Tamil Telugu Testament thee things Thomas Tusser thou tomorrow tongue tree Turkish weather weaver Welsh wife wind wise woman words Yule
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99. oldal - A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
98. oldal - A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city ; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
112. oldal - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
182. oldal - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
125. oldal - For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.
95. oldal - The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear, An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an
146. oldal - Come, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free, And drink to your hearts
104. oldal - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
119. oldal - For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
110. oldal - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.