| 单词 | a penny saved is a penny gained |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa penny saved is a penny gained b. a penny saved is a penny gained and variants. ΚΠ a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. C3 A penny spar'd is twice got. 1659 J. Howell Ital. Prov. 8/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) A peny saved is twice gained. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Hunts. 51 By the same proportion that a penny saved is a penny gained, the preserver of books is a Mate for the Compiler of them. 1695 E. Ravenscroft Canterbury Guests ii. iv. 17 This I did to prevent expences, for..A penny sav'd, is a penny got. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 492 As a penny saved is a penny got, he..gains a farthing by his temperance. View more context for this quotation 1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 516 A penny saved, my lad, 's a penny got. 1899 Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 107 A penny saved is a penny earned. 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 Jan. b1 The Father said: A penny saved is a penny earned. 2003 Lansing State Jrnl. (Nexis) 30 Oct. (Living section) 1 d I spent the day spouting platitudes such as ‘A penny saved is a penny earned’ and ‘Fish and houseguests stink after three days.’ < as lemmas |
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