英语词汇“a man may love his house, and yet not ride on the ridge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†b. Proverb. a man may love his house, and yet not ride on the ridge (and variants): it is not necessary to make a great show of one's affections for them to be sincere; one must not be overfond of anything. Obsolete.

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1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 100^v A man maie loue his house wel, and yet not ride vpon the ridge.

1650 W. Beech View of Englands Present Distempers sig. G8^v The saying is, a man may love his house, and yet not ride upon the ridge of it; his child, yet not alwayes be muching of it; his wife, and yet not still be fondling her upon his knee.

1726 Occas. Poems 11 Can't a Man enjoy in's House what's fit, But he must ride upon the Ridge of it?

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 179 A Man may love his House very well, without riding on the Ridge.

1889 J. Stark Life's Stages 36 A man can admire the house he lives in without riding on the ridge of it, is a proverb that applies to the love of art, music, society, and many other things.

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