单词 | he that comes first to the mill grinds first |
释义 | > as lemmashe that comes first to the mill grinds first ΚΠ c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 389 Who so that first to mille comth, first grynt. ?1475 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 593 He avysyth me to tery tyll the money be com lest þat I be vnpayed; for who comyth fyrst to the mylle fyrst must grynd. 1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 156/2 in Piazza Universale Who first goes to the mill, first grindes. < as lemmas |
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