单词 | a penny soul never came to twopence |
释义 | > as lemmasa penny soul never came to twopence ΚΠ 1844 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 Oct. 225 A penny soul never came to twopence... Mean views are apt to prevent a man from venturing upon perfectly safe enterprises. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help ix. 221 Narrowmindedness in living and in dealing..leads to failure. The penny soul, it is said, never came to twopence. < as lemmas |
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