Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
No mill, no meal.
No mill, no meal.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
The hen's egg aft gaes to the ha' To bring the guse's egg awa'.
The hen's egg aft gaes to the ha' To bring the guse's egg awa'.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
It is well said, but who will bell the cat?
It is well said, but who will bell the cat?
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
"Great cry and little wool," as the fellow said when he sheared the pig.
"Great cry and little wool," as the fellow said when he sheared the pig.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
They are free of fruit that want an orchard.
They are free of fruit that want an orchard.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
It is hard to sit at Rome and fecht wi' the pope.
It is hard to sit at Rome and fecht wi' the pope.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
I taught you to swim, and now you'd drown me.
I taught you to swim, and now you'd drown me.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
The devil's children have the devil's luck.
The devil's children have the devil's luck.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
He was scant o' news that tauld his feyther was hangit.
He was scant o' news that tauld his feyther was hangit.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
Tell me with whom thou goest, and I'll tell thee what thou doest.
Tell me with whom thou goest, and I'll tell thee what thou doest.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
If my father had made me a hatter men would have been born without heads.
If my father had made me a hatter men would have been born without heads.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
He that waits for dead men's shoes may long go barefoot.
He that waits for dead men's shoes may long go barefoot.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
No sweat, no sweet.
No sweat, no sweet.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
Pipers don't pay fiddlers.
Pipers don't pay fiddlers.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
Grin when ye bind, and laugh when ye loose.
Grin when ye bind, and laugh when ye loose.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
The master's eye puts mate on the horse's bones.
The master's eye puts mate on the horse's bones.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
It is the clerk that makes the justice.
It is the clerk that makes the justice.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
Do not rip up old sores.
Do not rip up old sores.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
Air day or late day, the tod's [fox's] hide finds aye the flaying knife.
Air day or late day, the tod's [fox's] hide finds aye the flaying knife.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
A swarm in June is worth a silver spoon,
A swarm in June is worth a silver spoon,
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
Eith to learn the cat to the kirn.
Eith to learn the cat to the kirn.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
No man is his craft's master the first day.
No man is his craft's master the first day.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
A good bargain is a pickpurse.
A good bargain is a pickpurse.
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Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859年英国编纂本
Don't tell the devil too much of your mind.
Don't tell the devil too much of your mind.
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