A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)



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DIAMOND cuts diamond
Used of persons evenly matched in wit or cunning. Also frequently found as a descriptive phrase diamond cut diamond. Cf. 1593 NASHE Christ’s Tears II. 9 An easie matter is it for anie man to cutte me (like a Diamond) with mine own dust.

  • 1604 MARSTON Malcontent IV. i. None cuttes a diamond but a diamond. 1629 J. FORD Lover’s Melancholy I. 18. We’re caught in our own toyles. Diamonds cut Diamonds. 1863 C. READE Hard Cash II. xi. You might say I robbed you. .. It is diamond cut diamond. 1958 M. STEWART Nine Coaches Waiting xi. I’ll always have prospects. Diamond cuts diamond. 1979 Guardian 19 Apr. 26 When the boat comes in: Diamond cut diamond. James Bolam as the rough one turned smoothie. similarity and dissimilarity

You can only DIE once

  • c 1435 Torrent of Portugal (EETS) 1. 993 A man schall But onnys Dyee. 1597-8 SHAKESPEARE Henry IV, Pt. 2 III. ii. 228 A man can die but once. a 1721 M. PRIOR in Literary Works (1971) I. 533 With great Submission I pronounce That People dye no more than once. 1818 F. HALL Travels in Canada & United States xxxvii. He replied.. that he was too ill to come out, and should die if she forced him; ‘You can die but once,’ said the beldame. 1840 MARRYAT Olla Podrida I. xii. ‘A man cannot die more than once,’.. but.. a man can die.. once professionally or legally, and once naturally. 1980 M. GILBERT Death of Favourite Girl ii. ‘Why not,’ said Sally. ‘You can only die once.’ ■ death; fate and fatalism

die see also good AMERICANS when they die go to Paris; BETTER to die on your feet than live on your knees; COWARDS die many times before their death; we must EAT a peck of dirt before we die; EAT, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die; whom the GODS love die young; the GOOD die young; call no man HAPPY till he dies; he who LIVES by the sword dies by the sword; OLD habits die hard; OLD soldiers never die; YOUNG men may die, but old men must die; also DYING.

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