A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

Be the DAY weary or be the day long, at last it ringeth to evensong

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  1509 S. HAWES Pastime of Pleasure xlii. R8V For thoughe the day, be neuer so longe, At last the belles ryngeth to euensonge. 1612 T. ADAMS Gallant’s Burden 20 If you could indent with the Sunne to stand still.. yet it shall sette: Be the day never so long, at length comes evensong. 1732 T. FULLER Gnomologia no. 6132 Be the day never so long, At length cometh Even-song. 1935 ‘J. J. CONNINGTON’ In whose Dim Shadow xv. ‘“Be the day weary or be the day long, At last it ringeth to evensong”,’ quoted the Chief Constable. 1969 N. HALE Life in Studio 120 Be the day short or be the day long, At length it cometh to evensong. ■ perseverance
  

One DAY honey, one day onion
Arab saying.

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  1979 A. DUNCAN Money Rush 129 You get all sorts of figures in this country.. one day honey, another onion. 2000 D. CARMI Samir and Yonatan 90 It’s like the saying, ‘One day honey, one day onion.’ 2003 A. HARTLEY Zanzibar Chest 136 He lived long enough to be philosophical about the ups and downs and said, ‘One day honey, one day an onion.’ 2006 M. K. NYDELL Understanding Arabs 102 The world is changeable, one day honey and the next day onions. (This rhymes in Arabic.) "fate and fatalism
  

day see also ANOTHER day, another dollar; an APPLE a day keeps the doctor away; BARNABY bright, Barnaby bright, the longest day and the shortest night; BETTER a century of tyranny than one day of chaos; the BETTER the day, the better the deed; BETTER to live one day as a tiger.. ; every DOG has his day; feed a DOG for three days and he will remember your kindness for three years.. ; FAIR and softly goes far in a day; FISH and guests smell after three days; OTHER times, other manners; ROME was not built in a day; my SON is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter’s my daughter all the days of her life; SUFFICIENT unto the day is the evil thereof; TOMORROW is another day.