单词 | a dog that will bring a bone will carry one |
释义 | > as lemmasa dog that will bring (also fetch) a bone will carry one e. a dog that will bring (also fetch) a bone will carry one and variants: a person who tells you gossip about others is also likely to spread gossip about you. ΚΠ 1830 R. Forby & G. Turner in R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia II. App. 429 ‘The dog that fetches will carry.’—i. e. A talebearer will tell tales of you, as well as to you. 1850 R. B. Thomas Farmer's Almanack 1851 (Boston) 3 It is not well to confide much in a tale-bearer, for a dog that will bring a bone will carry one. 1865 Harper's Mag. Dec. 58/2 I told 'em that I didn't want to hear no more of their scandal, for a dog that will fetch a bone will carry one. 1888 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Sept. 10/2 Don't trust her. You may be sure a ‘dog that will bring a bone will take a bone’. 1934 M. B. Wilson Yesterday's Promise i. i. 13 I always say that a dog that will fetch a bone will carry one, and heaven knows what the creature is telling her other clients about me. 1959 E. Schiddel Devil in Bucks County ii. iii. 147 All this gossip reminded Shirley..of the saw The dog who brings a bone also will carry one away. 2011 J. Brothers Deadly Night in Harbor of Hospitality 133 You is got to be careful who you is talking to. If a dog will bring a bone, he'll carry a bone. < as lemmas |
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