| 单词 | a soft fire makes sweet malt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa soft fire makes sweet malt f. Proverb. a soft fire makes sweet malt: acting with gentleness or deliberation will achieve the desired or best outcome. Cf. softly, softly, catchee monkey at softly adv. Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > with caution [phrase] > admonition to proceed cautiously a soft fire makes sweet malt1532 softly1832 1532 R. Whitford Pype or Tonne f. lxxxvv They say therfore in an other prouerbe that softe fyre: maketh swete malte. a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 128 A softe fire makith swete malte. 1575 T. Tymme tr. A. Marlorat Catholike & Eccles. Expos. Iohn xx. 588/2 In ciuill matters too much hast is reproued by this prouerbe, A softe fyre maketh sweete malte: that is to saye, thou muste not be too rashe, nor too slowe: but make hast, not with rashnesse, but wyth consultation. 1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 2 Pause (I pray thee) a little. For as soft fire maketh sweete mault: so, the hastie man (we see) doth seldome want woe. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 258 Soft fire, They say, does make sweet mault. 1710 W. Stephens Dick & Tom 8 Things must be done by degrees, Tom. Soft Fire makes sweet Malt. 1830 New Monthly Mag. 29 356 Soft fire, they say, makes sweet malt; and the flexible, insinuating politician will often conquer a portion of his object, where he who plays for all or nothing, will be sure of getting only the latter. 1924 J. M. Whitham Windlestraw vii. 58 Soft fire maketh sweet malt, and say your prayers and grow into a faithful humble man and live in accord. 2010 States News Service (Nexis) 21 Dec. Those people are perfectionists. They are afraid of failures and believe that ‘Soft fire makes sweet malt’. a soft fire makes sweet malt P2. a soft fire makes sweet malt: see fire n. and int. Phrases 4f. < as lemmas |
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