A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)


EVIL doers are evil dreaders



Download 0,75 Mb.
bet159/578
Sana02.03.2022
Hajmi0,75 Mb.
#478508
1   ...   155   156   157   158   159   160   161   162   ...   578
Bog'liq
DICTIONARY OF маколлоар

EVIL doers are evil dreaders

  • a 1568 R. ASCHAM Schoolmaster (1570) I. 27 Ill doinges, breed ill thinkinges. And corrupted manners, spryng perverted iudgements. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 176

Ill doers, ill deemers. 1737 A. RAMSAY Scots Proverbs xix. Ill doers are ay ill dreaders. 1828 SCOTT Fair Maid of Perth II. v. Put me not to quote the old saw, that evil doers are evil dreaders.—It is your suspicion, not your knowledge, which speaks. 1886 R. L. STEVENSON Kidnapped xxvii. If you were more trustful, it would better befit your time of life. .. We have a proverb.. that evil doers are aye evil-dreaders. conscience; wrong­doers
EVIL to him who evil thinks
Medieval Fr. honi soit qui mal y pense is the motto of the Order of the Garter, originated in 1348 or 1349 by King Edward III of England; the saying is well known in its French form as well as being current in a variety of English versions. Quots. 1589 and 1650 offer suggestions on the translation.
c 1460 SIR R. ROS La Belle Dame in Skeat (ed.) Chaucer VIII. 397 Who thinketh il, no good may him befal. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs I. ix. C2 And shame take him that shame thinkth. 1589 G. PUTTENHAM Arte of English Poesie (Arber) 116 Commonly thus Englished, Ill be to him that thinks ill, but in mine opinion better thus, Dishonoured is he that meanes dishonorably. 1650 R. COTGRAVE Dict. French & English (Howell’s Epistle Dedicatory) We English it, Ill be to him who thinks ill; though the true sense be, let him be beray’d who thinks any ill, being a metaphor taken from a child that hath berayed [fouled] his clouts [clothes], and in France ther’s not one in a hundred who understands this word nowadayes. 1668 DENHAM in Dryden Miscellany v. 76 Who evil thinks, may evil him confound. 1954 B. FLYNN Doll’s Done Dancing xvii. 158 ‘The..er.. hoi polloi.. can always be found ready to point the finger or shrug the shoulder or.. er.. nod the head. Whereas the understanding..erudite person..with the right instincts, makes no comment. Evil to him who evil thinks.’ "good and evil

Download 0,75 Mb.

Do'stlaringiz bilan baham:
1   ...   155   156   157   158   159   160   161   162   ...   578




Ma'lumotlar bazasi mualliflik huquqi bilan himoyalangan ©hozir.org 2024
ma'muriyatiga murojaat qiling

kiriting | ro'yxatdan o'tish
    Bosh sahifa
юртда тантана
Боғда битган
Бугун юртда
Эшитганлар жилманглар
Эшитмадим деманглар
битган бодомлар
Yangiariq tumani
qitish marakazi
Raqamli texnologiyalar
ilishida muhokamadan
tasdiqqa tavsiya
tavsiya etilgan
iqtisodiyot kafedrasi
steiermarkischen landesregierung
asarlaringizni yuboring
o'zingizning asarlaringizni
Iltimos faqat
faqat o'zingizning
steierm rkischen
landesregierung fachabteilung
rkischen landesregierung
hamshira loyihasi
loyihasi mavsum
faolyatining oqibatlari
asosiy adabiyotlar
fakulteti ahborot
ahborot havfsizligi
havfsizligi kafedrasi
fanidan bo’yicha
fakulteti iqtisodiyot
boshqaruv fakulteti
chiqarishda boshqaruv
ishlab chiqarishda
iqtisodiyot fakultet
multiservis tarmoqlari
fanidan asosiy
Uzbek fanidan
mavzulari potok
asosidagi multiservis
'aliyyil a'ziym
billahil 'aliyyil
illaa billahil
quvvata illaa
falah' deganida
Kompyuter savodxonligi
bo’yicha mustaqil
'alal falah'
Hayya 'alal
'alas soloh
Hayya 'alas
mavsum boyicha


yuklab olish