| 单词 | there is reason in roasting of eggs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthere is reason in (the) roasting of eggs P1. Proverb. there is reason in (the) roasting of eggs: there is reason behind every action, however strange it may seem. ΚΠ 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 12/2 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) Ther's reason in rosting of Eggs. 1688 Pleasures Matrimony ix. 140 Here's such a Consumption of Gold and Silver upon Lac'd Petticoats, that the Man can hardly get Money enough to go to the Tavern. Oh but they'll say there's a Reason in Roasting of Eggs. 1785 J. Boswell Jrnl. Tour Hebrides 24 (note) I now see the full force of the common proverb, ‘there is reason in roasting of eggs.’ 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lxxv. 304 But there's reason in the roasting of eggs, and I can tell you that money is not so plenty in this house, that your uncle can afford to throw it into the Barchester gutters. 1915 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ In Mr Knox's Country ix. 231 ‘I'm going out of this,’ I said to myself defiantly; ‘there's reason in the roasting of eggs.’ < as lemmas |
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