| 单词 | light gains make heavy purses |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight gains make heavy purses ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ii. sig. Divv For come lyght wynnyngs with blessyngs or curses, Euermore light gaynes make heuy purses. 1743 tr. P. de la Court Polit. Maxims of Holland i. xvii. 66 Those that are more intelligent..do know that you may pull a large fowl bare, by plucking away single feathers, especially in Holland, where with light gains we must make a heavy purse. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 29 July 87 Knowing that light gains make a heavy purse, he was content with moderate profit. 1884 M. E. Palgrave Miles Lambert's Three Chances xii. 133 They might have remembered that ‘Light gains and often make a heavy purse,’ and have shown a little sympathy with our unlucky hero. < as lemmas |
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