Curiosities in ProverbsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 56
... 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 ...
الصفحة 112
... 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 ...
الصفحة 145
... 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 ...
الصفحة 151
... 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 ...
الصفحة 185
... 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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