Curiosities in ProverbsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 4
... leave them out of considera- tion in studying the language of any community . This fact is indicated by the different forms that adages take when used by people in widely separated districts . OBSCURITY OF PROVERBS Sometimes the meaning ...
... leave them out of considera- tion in studying the language of any community . This fact is indicated by the different forms that adages take when used by people in widely separated districts . OBSCURITY OF PROVERBS Sometimes the meaning ...
الصفحة 43
... leaves out the words " this year . ' St. Swithin's day ( July 15th ) is observed as a festival day in honour of St. Swithin , Bishop of Winchester , England - A.D . 852-862 . It is a proverb : " Can he be a man if the personage be a ...
... leaves out the words " this year . ' St. Swithin's day ( July 15th ) is observed as a festival day in honour of St. Swithin , Bishop of Winchester , England - A.D . 852-862 . It is a proverb : " Can he be a man if the personage be a ...
الصفحة 69
... leaving his drink . ( Scotch ) . " He will be hanged for leaving his liquor , like the saddler of Bawtry , " is a parallel proverb upon which comment is made elsewhere . The proverb is usually applied to men who leave their drink before ...
... leaving his drink . ( Scotch ) . " He will be hanged for leaving his liquor , like the saddler of Bawtry , " is a parallel proverb upon which comment is made elsewhere . The proverb is usually applied to men who leave their drink before ...
الصفحة 72
... leaving only the tails on the line . The officer asked , ' Where are the cats ? ' when one of the troopers explained that they fought so furiously that they had eaten one another up except their tails . J. D. White in the Kilkenny ...
... leaving only the tails on the line . The officer asked , ' Where are the cats ? ' when one of the troopers explained that they fought so furiously that they had eaten one another up except their tails . J. D. White in the Kilkenny ...
الصفحة 73
... leaving his horse behind him . On returning to his home his wife asked him why he walked and what had become of his horse . Instead of telling her the story of his misfortune he answered by imitating the baaing of the sheep and neighing ...
... leaving his horse behind him . On returning to his home his wife asked him why he walked and what had become of his horse . Instead of telling her the story of his misfortune he answered by imitating the baaing of the sheep and neighing ...
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African Arabian Arabs asked Assamese beard beauty Behar Bengalese better Bible bird blind camel cheese Chinese Christmas comes Creole crow Danish death devil drink Dutch eggs English evil fire 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 Urdu weather weaver Welsh wife wind wise woman words Yule