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What is the meaning of this Persian proverb?

"A stone thrown at the right time is better than gold given at the wrong time."

Posted 3+ months ago | 2 answers | | Open

Related topics: stone, gold, persian, right, meaning, proverb, time, proverbs

What does the proverb "Slop your hogs before you feed your children" mean?

I am doing my thesis about English proverbs and sayings and I have no clue what does this proverb mean.

Posted 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

Related topics: children, feed, english, hog, proverb, thesis, proverbs

What does this proverb mean "Lies melt the snow"?

Posted 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

Related topics: snow, lie, melt, proverb, proverbs

What does this imply: 'He that in a neat house will dwell, must priest and pigeon thence expel'?

This is an old French proverb found in an Enlglish/ French dictionary written by Randle Cotgrave, 1650. I would like to know what the implication is ...

Posted 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

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What's the origin of the phrase "every whip and flip"? Used in Cornwall to mean at every opportunity

What is the origin of the phrase "every whip and flip"? I believe it's used in Cornwall to mean "at every opportunity" but ...

Posted 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

Related topics: cornwall, origin, english

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