Proverbs of
The Proverbs of Scotland
作者:Hislop, Alexander, 1807-1865
体例:段 章数:17
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共 17 段- A house in a hastrie is downright wastrie.
- "Fools, for argument, lay wagers."--_Butler._
- "Taken from tailors marking out their cloth before they cut
- "Leeze me on drink! it gi'es us mair
- He gangs awa in an ill time that ne'er comes back again.
- He's like the craws, he eats himsel' out o' ply.
- Honesty may be dear bought, but can ne'er be an ill pennywor
- "'Hout, awa, Inverashalloch,' said Galbraith;--'Mind the aul
- "'I am sure,' said Ritchie, composedly, 'I wish Laurie a hig
- Marriage wad tame the sea, if a match could be got for her.
- "Out of the mire into the brook."--_Spanish._
- Sweet at the on-taking, but soor in the aff-putting.
- "Daft Will Speirs was sitting on the roadside picking a larg
- We can shape their wylie-coat, but no their weird.
- Spoken facetiously when we make a friend take the outside of
- _Crouse_, courageous, lively.
- _Yule_, Christmas.