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"As nice as a nun's hen." Now there's a proverb I haven't heard before. I found it in
Select Proverbs of All Nations: Illustrated With Notes And Comments, a book compiled by John Wade in 1825. I also found such gems as the following:
- As wise as Waltham's calf, that ran nine miles to suck a bull.
- Child's pig but father's bacon. (Refers to the promises that parents make and often fail to keep.)
- The more you stroke pussy's back, the higher she raises her tail. (Gaelic, but no explanation given.)
- Trust not a horse's heel nor a dog's tooth.
- Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.
- I'm no every man's dog that whistles on me. (Scotch)
- Biting and scratching got the cat with kitten.
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I've actually heard that one before, not sure where. Maybe a historical novel? I loved the one about not coming to any man's dog whistle.
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