The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with Annotations and Lists of Connected Forms, Found in All Parts of the WorldG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922 - 329 pagini |
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... CROOK 136 CONSISTENCY THOU ART A JEWEL Do NOT COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE 141 HATCHED 146 EVERY MAN THINKS HIS OWN GEESE SWANS 153 GREAT CRY BUT LITTLE WOOL 160 HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NO BREAD 164 HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY ...
... CROOK 136 CONSISTENCY THOU ART A JEWEL Do NOT COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE 141 HATCHED 146 EVERY MAN THINKS HIS OWN GEESE SWANS 153 GREAT CRY BUT LITTLE WOOL 160 HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NO BREAD 164 HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY ...
Pagina 135
... agree . ( English , Spanish ) . Two proud men cannot ride on one ass . ( English ) . Two rope dancers do not play on one rope . ( Osmanli ) . BY HOOK OR BY CROOK This phrase is used both Birds of a Feather Flock Together 135.
... agree . ( English , Spanish ) . Two proud men cannot ride on one ass . ( English ) . Two rope dancers do not play on one rope . ( Osmanli ) . BY HOOK OR BY CROOK This phrase is used both Birds of a Feather Flock Together 135.
Pagina 136
... CROOK This phrase is used both in the sense of " One way or another " and " By fair means or foul . " Its origin like most folk sayings is hidden in obscurity . There are no less than six different sources ... Crook . 136 BY HOOK OR BY CROOK.
... CROOK This phrase is used both in the sense of " One way or another " and " By fair means or foul . " Its origin like most folk sayings is hidden in obscurity . There are no less than six different sources ... Crook . 136 BY HOOK OR BY CROOK.
Pagina 137
... Crook " - Crook being the name of the other section ; so he declared that the town must be taken either " by Hook or by Crook . " Mr. Eliezer Edwards tells us that " In Marsh's Library , Dublin , is a manuscript entitled Annals Hibernia ...
... Crook " - Crook being the name of the other section ; so he declared that the town must be taken either " by Hook or by Crook . " Mr. Eliezer Edwards tells us that " In Marsh's Library , Dublin , is a manuscript entitled Annals Hibernia ...
Pagina 138
... crook , " that is , by the use of hooked poles known as " crook - lugs , " with which dead branches could be pulled down from the trees , or by sickles , known as crooks , with which low brush could be gathered . This last derivation of ...
... crook , " that is , by the use of hooked poles known as " crook - lugs , " with which dead branches could be pulled down from the trees , or by sickles , known as crooks , with which low brush could be gathered . This last derivation of ...
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The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with ... Dwight Edwards Marvin Vizualizare completă - 1922 |
The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with ... Dwight Edwards Marvin Vizualizare completă - 1922 |
The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with ... Dwight Edwards Marvin Vizualizare completă - 1922 |
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according ages ALLIED PROVERBS appear Arabian bear become better bird blind called carry century child Chinese comes common crook crow Danish daughter doctor Dutch enemy English evil expression fall father fear feet fire fish follows fool French friendship Gaelic Garhwal German give given goes gold golden hand head heart Hebrew Hindustani hold honest horse Italian JOHN keep King known late Latin live London look Marathi mind Modern Greek mother mouth natural never once origin Osmanli peacock Persian phrase physician Portuguese quoted referred saying Scotch sell Spanish speak stone story swallow tail Tamil tell Telugu things thinks thou thought throw tongue true turn VARIANT PROVERBS wall whistle wise worth young