| 单词 | in little meddling lies much rest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin little meddling (also business) lies much rest ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 350 The flemyng seith and lerne it if thee leste That litel Ianglyng causeth muchel reste. ?1465 A. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 43 Ȝoure fadyr sayde, ‘In lityl bysynes lyeth myche reste.’ c1475 Prov. Wisdom (Rawl.) l. 128 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1893) 90 247 (MED) Lytyll medlyng makyþe mych rest. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. Gv For of lytle medlyng there comth great rest. ?a1603 E. Grymeston Miscelanea (1604) xiiii. sig. H4 In little medling lieth much rest. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 62 Of little medling much rest. < as lemmas |
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