A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)


global see THINK global, act local. glorify



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global see THINK global, act local.
glorify see until the LIONS produce their own historian,.. .
glove see a CAT in gloves catches no mice.
GO abroad and you’ll hear news of home

  • 1678 J. RAY English Proverbs (ed. 2) 345 You must goe into the countrey to hear what news at London. 1887 T. HARDY Woodlanders I. iv. Well, what was the latest news at Shottsford. .. As the saying is, ‘Go abroad and you’ll hear news of home.’ 1937 J. P. MARQUAND Late George Apley x. It seems one must leave home to learn the news of home. "home; news; travel

GO further and fare worse

  • 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. iv. G3V You rose on your right syde here ryght. And might haue gon further, and haue faren wurs. 1738 SWIFT Polite Conversation ii. 58 Come, Sir John, you may go further, and fare worse. 1848 THACKERAY Vanity Fair iv. She’s just as rich as most of the girls who came out of India. I might go farther and fare worse. 1938 G. GREENE in Spectator 12 Aug. 271 He would have said, perhaps, with his plainness and simplicity and the smirk of satisfaction you see on his portrait, that one can fare further and fare worse. content and discontent

go see also EASY come, easy go; LIGHT come, light go; QUICKLY come, quickly go; he that would go to SEA for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime; SELL in May and go away; never let the SUN go down on your anger; don’t go near the WATER until you learn how to swim; the WEAKEST go to the wall; many go out for WOOL and come home shorn; also GOES.
You cannot serve GOD and Mammon
Quoting MATTHEW vi. 24 (AV) Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Mammon is the Aramaic word for ‘riches’, taken by medieval writers as the proper name of the devil of covetousness. Now used generally of wealth regarded as an evil influence.

  • 1531 W. BONDE Pilgrimage of Perfection (rev. ed.) III. vii. No person may serue god eternall and also the Mammonde of iniquite: whiche is golde and syluer and other richesse. 1860 TROLLOPE Framley Parsonage II. i. Lady Lufton.. would say of Miss Dunstable that it was impossible to serve both God and Mammon. 1982 P. MCGINLEY Goosefoot v. The city and the country repel each other like oil and water. And like God and Mammon, they can’t be served at the same time by the same person. "money


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