Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs Online
Authors: John Andrew Simpson,
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (137 page)
BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
10.61Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
ads
o
things could not now be otherwise; early 14th-cent. Fr.mez quant ja est la chose fecte
,
ne puet pas bien estre desfecte
, but when a thing is already done, it cannot be undone.
c1450
King Ponthus
in
Publications of Modern Language Association of America
(1897) XII. 107
The thynges that be doone may not be undoone.
1546
Dialogue of Proverbs
I. x. C4
Things done, can not be undoone.
BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
10.61Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
ads
Other books
A Sprite's Tale (novella) by Couper, Lexxie
Murder & the Married Virgin by Brett Halliday
Country Plot by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Dead Demon Walking by Linda Welch
Coral Glynn by Peter Cameron
Aqua Domination by William Doughty
The Cakes of Monte Cristo by Jacklyn Brady
Collins Cobuild English Grammar by Collins
Dark Fire by C. J. Sansom
A Love Least Expected by C. W. Nightly