Curiosities in ProverbsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 43
... Applied to people of distinction , particularly to those who have become known because of the evil that they have done . He reads us proverbs about the wolf . ( Osmanli ) . That is he carries out his purpose by trickery and by direct ...
... Applied to people of distinction , particularly to those who have become known because of the evil that they have done . He reads us proverbs about the wolf . ( Osmanli ) . That is he carries out his purpose by trickery and by direct ...
الصفحة 47
... Applied to one who seeks to perform some task in a difficult way or by impossible means , when a simple and easy way is at hand . He who has toothache must cut off his tongue ; he who has eye - ache , his hand . ( Osmanli ) . This ...
... Applied to one who seeks to perform some task in a difficult way or by impossible means , when a simple and easy way is at hand . He who has toothache must cut off his tongue ; he who has eye - ache , his hand . ( Osmanli ) . This ...
الصفحة 49
... the monkey came and ate it . The proverb is applied to those who seek their own advantage under pretence of arbitrating the disputes of others . 666 " Like the cat settling the dispute between two Singular Proverbs 49.
... the monkey came and ate it . The proverb is applied to those who seek their own advantage under pretence of arbitrating the disputes of others . 666 " Like the cat settling the dispute between two Singular Proverbs 49.
الصفحة 52
... Foster Lane . proverb is applied to those who spend all in drunkenness and gluttony , mere belly gods ; guttur being Latin for the throat . " — John Ray . A loyal heart may be landed under Traitor's bridge . 52 OBSCURE PROVERBS.
... Foster Lane . proverb is applied to those who spend all in drunkenness and gluttony , mere belly gods ; guttur being Latin for the throat . " — John Ray . A loyal heart may be landed under Traitor's bridge . 52 OBSCURE PROVERBS.
الصفحة 53
... applied to people who promise to perform some task without delay but whose habits of procrastination are such as to render it certain that their promise will not be kept . Bringing the water and breaking the pitcher are the same thing ...
... applied to people who promise to perform some task without delay but whose habits of procrastination are such as to render it certain that their promise will not be kept . Bringing the water and breaking the pitcher are the same thing ...
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