| 单词 | the master's eye makes the horse fat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe master's eye makes the horse fat ΚΠ 1530 R. Whitford tr. B. Silvestris Breue, or Shorte Monicyon in Werke for Housholders (new ed.) sig. H1 The slepe [read step] of the housbande maketh a fatte donghyll. And the eye of the mayster a fast [sic] hors. That is to meane that the presence of the mayster in euery corner is moche profytable. 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 313 The Maisters eye maketh the horse fat. 1686 J. Dunton Lett. from New Eng. (1867) 177 Yet I remembered that..the Masters Eye makes the Horse fat. 1799 A. Young Agric. Lincoln 253 It is oft the master's eye that makes the sow fat! 1869 J. E. A. Leigh Mem. Jane Austen 35 Two homely proverbs were held in higher estimation in my early days than they are now—‘The master's eye makes the horse fat,’ and [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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