A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)


smooth see the COURSE of true love never did run smooth. snake



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smooth see the COURSE of true love never did run smooth.
snake see the man who has once been BITTEN by the snake fears every piece of rope.
snow see NORTH wind doth blow, we shall have snow.
so see so many MEN, so many opinions. sober see WANTON kittens make sober cats.
A SOFT answer turneth away wrath
With allusion to PROVERBS xv. 1 (AV) A soft answer turneth away wrath. Cf. c 1395 WYCLIF Bible (1850) Proverbs xv. 1 A soft answere brekith ire.

  • с 1445 Peter Idleys Instructions to his Son (1935) I. 84 A softe worde swageth [assuages] Ire. 1693 C. MATHER Wonders of Invisible World 60 We would use to one another none but the Soft Answers, which Turn away Wrath. 1826 SOUTHEY Letter 19 July (1912) 414 A soft answer turneth away wrath. There is no shield against wrongs so effectual as an unresisting temper. 1922 JOYCE Ulysses 597 A soft answer turns away wrath. 1979 J. SCOTT Clutch of Vipers vi. ‘Yes, sir!’.. Soft answer, no wrath. anger; tact

soft see also SEPTEMBER blow soft, till the fruit’s in the loft.
SOFTLY, softly, catchee monkey
1907 G. BENHAM Cassell’s Book of Quotations 849 (Proverbs) ‘Softly, softly,’ caught the monkey—(Negro). 1939 H. C. BAILEY Veron Mystery xx. ‘Softly talkee, catchee monkey,’ Hopley summed up the method thus prescribed to him. 1941 F. VIVIAN Death of Mr. Lomas iv. 80 ‘Managed to dig out a suitable motive for Steadfall?’ the Chief Constable asked slyly. ‘I haven’t done with him yet,’ came the slow reply. ‘Softly, softly, catchee monkee. .. ‘ 1978 E. ST. JOHNSTON One Policeman’s Story vii. They took with them the unique motto of the Lancashire Constabulary Training School, ‘Softly, Softly, Catchee Monkey’ which inspired the new programme’s title, ‘Softly, Softly’. guile; patience and impatience; ways and means

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