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单词 the carpenter is known by his chips
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the carpenter is known by his chips
b. such carpenters, such chips and variants: the quality of the work reflects the quality of the worker (Obsolete). Similarly the carpenter is known by his chips and variants (now rare).
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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. Iiv Such carpenters, such chips.
1604 B. Rich Souldiers Wishe to Britons Welfare 11 The olde prouerbe is, Such Carpenters, such chips, such Saints, such Relikes: and I beleeue (indeed) where a Generall is chosen vnskilfull, he lightly draweth about him Captaines and other Officers, as vnskilfull as himselfe.
1691 G. Langbaine Acct. Eng. Dramatick Poets 88 He like blind Bayard boldly follows the former at a venture; but he may by this learn the truth of that old Proverb; Mali Corvi malum ovum, Like Carpenter, like Chips.
1738 J. Swift Treat. Polite Conversat. 68 They say, a Carpenter's known by his Chips.
1879 New Eng. Jrnl. Educ. 16 Jan. 40/2 The workman is known by his chips.
1992 Illinois Nat. Hist. Surv. Rep. No. 316. 6/1 The old adage that a lumberman is known by his chips certainly applies to the pileated woodpecker.
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