| 单词 | a woman, a dog, and a walnut tree, the more you beat them the better they be |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa woman, a dog, and a walnut tree, the more you beat them the better they be c. a woman, a dog, and a walnut tree, the more you beat them the better they be and variants. Now disused. ΚΠ 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. iii. 20 A woman, an asse, and a walnut tree, Bring the more fruit, the more beaten they bee. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 117 A woman, asse, and walnut-tree, the more you beat the better be. ?1775 ‘Camlin’ Satisfactory Refut. Sir Hypo Bardana's Circumstances 40 If this is true, it confirms the old distick, A woman, a Spaniel, a walnut-tree, The more they are beat, the more friendly they be. 1945 F. Thompson Lark Rise to Candleford v. 76 A handsome pie was placed before him..such..to illustrate the old saying ‘A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat 'em the better they be.’ < as lemmas |
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